LIABLE TO STALL
GERMAN MESSERSCHMITT PLANES DEFECTS SHOWN IN FIGHTING TESTS. SERIOUS HANDICAP ON PILOTS. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, November 17. Aerial actions over the Western Front confirm pre-war reports of Norwegian, Swiss and Spanish pilots that the German standard single-seater fighter Messerschmitt 109. though extremely fast, lacks manoeuvrability and stalls very easily. The first defect has been displayed in a number of combats in which the Messerschmitt was outclassed by the French Curtiss as well as by the British fighter Spitfire. An example was provided in two dog-fights on November 6, each between nine Messerschmitts and seven Curtiss. In all four Messerschmitts were destroyed, with no French losses. The effect of consciousness of inferiorability to manoeuvre on the pilot is not to be underestimated. Regarding the liability to stall, it is regarded as significant that very few Messerschmitts have flown at night, presumably owing to this defect.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 November 1939, Page 5
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