How good was his technical knowledge of his own and other planes?
Did he always know the version of spitfire he was flying? Did he, for example, know the difference in flight and armament between the 109 E4 and 109 F2?
I ask because I have a friend who flew Spitfires in 1944-45 and I was very surprised that when I asked what type of spitfire he flew, despite his memory being great, he had no idea and didn't think he knew at the time.
I asked if he could tell me what differences he knew about the Bf109 and FW190. All he could say was that the 190 had a round nose and the Bf109 had a big cannon in it's nose. He said he wasn't told anything else at the time.
It would be interesting to know if this was a common experience as it appears to be so different from the experience of most flight-simers.
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