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Originally Posted by swiss
How many people died in it because they screwed up?
I didn't say it's impossible, it just said its far from easy.
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The narrow track was intentional, providing a stronger undercarriage and the ability to remove the wings while the aircraft stood on its main wheels.
Of the 36,000 total bf109 built around 5 to 6% were lost in ground accidents of all types over a 10 year period operating in very difficult conditions. Probably about 2000 in all. Not all those accidents were landings and clearly most were not fatal.
That record is actually not too bad, far better than the bf109s bad rep would suggest. Its possible the "horribly dangerous landing" rep is more a case of post war propaganda.