Image credit: USAF. So the British discovered that the Spitfire was better at medium altitude in a turning fight, while the Germans that the Bf 109E was better at high altitude in a high speed combat.

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A Supermarine Spitfire F.Mk.VB of RAF 243 Squadron in flight. ... A license-built Messerschmitt Bf 109 rebuilt by the EADS/Messerschmitt Foundation with a Daimier-Benz DB 605 engine.

The aircraft was damaged in combat with a German ME Bf109 on 25th October 1940, suffering a hit by cannon fire. Polish pilot, Ludwick Martel was badly wounded by shrapnel, but managed stay ...

4 Extra Debut. Historian Victoria Taylor looks back at the Spitfire, and the men and women who built it against all odds. From 2020. Show more Historian Victoria Taylor looks back at the Spitfire ...

The Spitfire’s Surprising Role in World War II: More Than Just a Fighter Apart perhaps from the B-17 “Flying Fortress,” no other World War II aircraft is as famous as the Supermarine Spitfire.