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.

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 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.

Spitfire MJ627 first entered service on 25 September 1944 and, just two days later, destroyed a Messerschmitt Me 109 over Arnhem. It was previously involved in an emergency landing in 1998, ...

Spitfire MJ627 first entered service on 25 September 1944 and, just two days later, destroyed a Messerschmitt Me 109 over Arnhem. It was previously involved in an emergency landing in 1998, ...