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Originally Posted by WTE_Galway
What actually IS documented in the BoB is that the better LW pilots often flew elliptical turns in a dog fight using the slats to temporarily pull some lead and then loosing the stick again before too much speed was washed off.
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What I read/heard is that the slats never caused a stall, but allied BoB pilots thought it did, as in tight turns the me109 will roll out.
The actual reality was that the slats came out with such a 'bang' (force) and inexperienced pilots thought they were being shot at and hit, so rolled out of the turn. Experienced pilots had no such problems. The slats did cause a momentary loss of aim.