Great documentary about the Battle of Britain

[BlackbusheFlyer]

Originally Posted by Hellbender

In that documentary they say the 109 could out-turn and out-run ("They could hit us as they wanted and get away with it every time they wanted") the Spitfire. That doesn´t somehow match with my experience in the game.

That is not out turn. The point he is making is the 109's could out dive the spitfire which meant they could bounce and run. They nearly always had the height advantage due to their longer climbing time. The 109 could not keep with a spitfire in turns as is well documented. One if the key advantages of the spitfire over the 109 was touched on in the film but about the S boat. The Germans made technically superb weapons. But in many respects this was their undoing. Take the tiger tank against the Sherman or the Churchill, far superior. However they could have made 20 simplier and more fuel efficient tanks for every single tiger. There is a great example of a jagdpanther sitting in the imperial war museum London. It was taken out by a single shell in the rear by a much weaker Cromwell tank who simply flanked it.

In the case of the 109, it was difficult to fly particularly for low hours pilots. This made them easier prey to the RAF who's pilots did not have to fight the aircraft as well as their opponent.