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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Tested in The Motor in 1963, the MkI Spitfire returned a top speed of 91.1mph and 0-60mph in 15.4sec, ... Bf109), then – as now – there is simply no contest. AE. Messerschmitt Tg500.

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 ...

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.