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Yes they did know how to make aircraft at this time but like all nationalities involved in aircraft manufacture they didn't always get it right. Also this was wartime, so corners were cut in the need to get warplanes out to squadrons. It also meant that aircraft were accepted that weren't necessarily as safe as those accepted in peacetime. You also need to realise that these aeroplanes were usually out on the cutting edge of performance at that time - they were slightly experimental in that respect, since there were issues involved in aerodynamics we take for granted today that weren't clearly understood in 1942. A lot of german aircraft were becoming shoddy in manufacture toward the end - the resuilt of poor labour, materials, and manufacturing premises in dispersed camps and mines to escape allied bombing.

No attitude involved there - its a matter of historical record.