I Want my 4.09 Spit FM's back.........

[JG4_Helofly]

Why will no one fly spitfire? From what I read, the spit and the 109 are so close in performance, that the pilot will be the decisive factor. And firepower is worthless if you can't get behind the ennemy.

Btw. I am saying that as a pure blue flyer, so no bias for the spit from me.

[Corto]

Originally Posted by JG4_Helofly

From what I read, the spit and the 109 are so close in performance...

pls hear !!! the pilots from both !!! sides in part 4 of BBC Doc....
they are not so close in performance....

IL2 are balanced... and COD will be the same.....

[JG4_Helofly]

Originally Posted by Corto

pls hear !!! the pilots from both !!! sides in part 4 of BBC Doc....
they are not so close in performance....

IL2 are balanced... and COD will be the same.....

Well, never trust only one source. And If the 109 faces a spit with higher boost pressure (100 octan fuel) which were common in the BOB, then the speed advantage is for the spit at most altitudes.

[Corto]

Originally Posted by JG4_Helofly

Well, never trust only one source.

in this doc different pilots (plural!!!) talk... about advantages and disadvantages of Spit vs 109.
And yes to: never trust only one source.... but if i see such sources (pilots, facts).... I beginn to trust....

but anyway.... dont feed....

[csThor]

Sorry, Corto, but ... Never take interviews conducted 50 or 60 years after the event as gospel. Take them as a facet of what happened, but we're all humans and therefor fallible. Do you still remember every little tidbit you experienced two or three years ago?