Word: 109s
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Saturday was not quite such a success from my point of view, as on our third patrol I lost my aircraft. We were at about 21,000 ft. when we got involved with a squadron of Me. 109s...
...development of high-performance pursuit types, Sir Kingsley could, and did, justifiably take pride - a pride which he showed last week in the somewhat extravagant statement that he would pit a hun dred Spitfires or Hurricanes against a much larger number of German counterparts, which would mean Messerschmitt Me. 109s, or Heinkel He. 1125. For Hurricanes and Spitfires have been vastly improved in performance (principally by replacement of antiquated wooden propellers by American-type, constant-speed metal props). And the Spitfire, traditionally nimble in dogfight, has been stepped up to close to 400 miles an hour in top speed...