RIVAL FIGHTER ’PLANES.
PERFORMANCES COMPARED. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, May 1. The real merits of the German Messerschmitt 110 have been the subject of some speculation arising out of the successes obtained over him by British pilots in Hurricane fighters. The speed and armament of the German machine —350 miles an hour, two shell guns and four fixed guns as well as two movable guns firing aft —sound a formidable proposition, especially as the crew is two against the one carried by the Hurricane. Informed quarters point outj however, that power of manoeuvre is often more important than speed and armament, while the factor of supreme importance is the pilot. It is authoritatively stated that on almost every occasion that British Hurricanes have met Messerschniitts, whether 109 or 110, the Nazis have been in tlie majority.. Yet in every instance the R.A.F. pilots had attacked unhesitatingly and usually with success.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 131, 3 May 1940, Page 7
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