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Originally Posted by speculum jockey
Regarding the "losses due to landing accidents" in the 109, I have two thoughts.
1. How many of these were with the E3/E4/F and how many were with the G variants with the larger engines and heavier armament. Some pilots said that they had to apply full throttle in later G variants when landing due to the weight of the thing and that made landings quite hairy.
2. How many of these landing accidents were rookie pilots? I know they didn't have dual seat 109 (or Spits or Hurricanes) but the two latter were much easier to land compared to most any other plane and the time.
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au contraire mon ami: meet the Bf109 G12 trainer
and the FW190 trainer
they arrived later in the war to speed up the training process and improve proficiency, but hats off for the courage!!