- 15 Jun 2010 02:20
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109 B best fighter in Spain
E best fighter in the world 1940, some say tie with Spit Mk II
F best fighter in the world 1941
G-2 less maneuverable than F, but faster than Spit V or Russian planes
G-6 even less maneuverable & slower than G-2 at some altitudes. Spit Mk 9 & Mustang B considered better.
G-14 faster than Mk 9 Spit, not as fast as Mustang
G-10 faster than Mustang D below 15.000 ft Eric Hartmann The Aces Talk book.
K-4 444 mph, well some of em anyway. MK 14 Spit Griffon motor had bearing issues & wasn't as fast. Very few of these made the game as a besides, Mk 9 was most common variant at wars end.
Excerpts from Rolf Pingel interview. Wing Commander S. D. Felkin AI1(k) 20 July 1941
The new arrangement of the guns in the nose of the Me 109 F enables pilots to fire very accurately while in a turn and to open fire at a greater range. This pilot, however, usually opened fire at about one hundred yards, closing to fifty yards. There have been absolutely no unfavourable comments on the reduction of armament; the present arrangement is regarded as ideal.
This pilot believes the Me 109 F to be superior in every respect to the Spitfire, except that the new Spitfire might, when handled by an equally good pilot, still be superior to the Me 109 F in steep turns at high speed. The difference, however, can be more than counter balanced if the german is better.
The re-designed wing of the Me 109 F considerably improves the handling of the aircraft and the slots open more gradually so that turns are very much easier to execute.
Mustang vs G-10 Nov 44?
excerpt from the book "Black 6": ( Captured G-2)
Squadron Leader Bobby Gibbs, RAAF, at Gambut, Cyrenaica, test flew it: "He had taken to flying mock combat sorties against his unit's P-40 fighters and soon found that the obvious superiority of the German fighter was in danger of demoralizing his men!" In his diary, 14 November 1942, he wrote: "The 109 is a hell of a nice kite with terrific performance. On the lowest permissible boost and revs was clocking 220-230 mph." At Lydda, it under went flight testing by Group Captain Buxton, who said after a second flight, 30 December 1942: "Very good performer," and from Don Batger, 452 Squadron on Buxton's fight: "He turned the 109 inside out and came back and said that it was better than anything we had at the time." (Spitfire Mk V variant).
"The cockpit is simple. A number of technical controls such as oxygen flow, adjustment of coolant radiator and oil radiator flaps and airscrew pitch control have been made automatic and need no attention from the pilot. The pilot is then able to give more attention to fighting tactics, teamwork, navigation and practical flying." Further, "The supercharger is driven through a hydraulic clutch in the same way as the D.B. 601. this gives the effect of a multi-speed drive without attention from the pilot. The maximum boost is also automatically controlled."
E best fighter in the world 1940, some say tie with Spit Mk II
F best fighter in the world 1941
G-2 less maneuverable than F, but faster than Spit V or Russian planes
G-6 even less maneuverable & slower than G-2 at some altitudes. Spit Mk 9 & Mustang B considered better.
G-14 faster than Mk 9 Spit, not as fast as Mustang
G-10 faster than Mustang D below 15.000 ft Eric Hartmann The Aces Talk book.
K-4 444 mph, well some of em anyway. MK 14 Spit Griffon motor had bearing issues & wasn't as fast. Very few of these made the game as a besides, Mk 9 was most common variant at wars end.
Excerpts from Rolf Pingel interview. Wing Commander S. D. Felkin AI1(k) 20 July 1941
The new arrangement of the guns in the nose of the Me 109 F enables pilots to fire very accurately while in a turn and to open fire at a greater range. This pilot, however, usually opened fire at about one hundred yards, closing to fifty yards. There have been absolutely no unfavourable comments on the reduction of armament; the present arrangement is regarded as ideal.
This pilot believes the Me 109 F to be superior in every respect to the Spitfire, except that the new Spitfire might, when handled by an equally good pilot, still be superior to the Me 109 F in steep turns at high speed. The difference, however, can be more than counter balanced if the german is better.
The re-designed wing of the Me 109 F considerably improves the handling of the aircraft and the slots open more gradually so that turns are very much easier to execute.
Mustang vs G-10 Nov 44?
excerpt from the book "Black 6": ( Captured G-2)
Squadron Leader Bobby Gibbs, RAAF, at Gambut, Cyrenaica, test flew it: "He had taken to flying mock combat sorties against his unit's P-40 fighters and soon found that the obvious superiority of the German fighter was in danger of demoralizing his men!" In his diary, 14 November 1942, he wrote: "The 109 is a hell of a nice kite with terrific performance. On the lowest permissible boost and revs was clocking 220-230 mph." At Lydda, it under went flight testing by Group Captain Buxton, who said after a second flight, 30 December 1942: "Very good performer," and from Don Batger, 452 Squadron on Buxton's fight: "He turned the 109 inside out and came back and said that it was better than anything we had at the time." (Spitfire Mk V variant).
"The cockpit is simple. A number of technical controls such as oxygen flow, adjustment of coolant radiator and oil radiator flaps and airscrew pitch control have been made automatic and need no attention from the pilot. The pilot is then able to give more attention to fighting tactics, teamwork, navigation and practical flying." Further, "The supercharger is driven through a hydraulic clutch in the same way as the D.B. 601. this gives the effect of a multi-speed drive without attention from the pilot. The maximum boost is also automatically controlled."
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