NAZI INFERIORITY.
AIRCRAFT IN COMBAT. OUTCLASSED BY THE ALLIES. (Received This Day, 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, November 17. ..The aerial, actions on the Western Front confirm pre-war reports of Norwegian, Swiss, and Spanish pilots that the German single-seater fighter aeroplane, the Messerschmitt 109, though extremely fast, lacks manoeuvrability and stalls very easily..
The first defect was displayed in a number, of combats in which the Messerschmitt was.'outclassed by the French Curtis as well as by the British fighter Spitfire. ■ An example was provided in two “dog-fights” on November 6, each between nine Messersclimitts and seven Curtiss rpaphines.ln all, four Messerschmitts were destroyed with no French losses. • s >
The effect of the consciousness of inferior manoeuvrability on the pilot is , not to be underestimated.
-• Regarding the liability to stall, it is thought significant that very few Messersclimitts have been flown at night, presumably because of this defect.—British Official Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 33, 18 November 1939, Page 5
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