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On 23 June 1942 Leutnant Arnim Faber of
III./JG 2 became disorientated during a dogfight
with Spitfires over southwest England, and
landed in error at the RAF airfield at Pembrey,
south Wales. After undergoing trials at the Royal
Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough, the
captured fighter went to the Air Fighting
Development Unit (AFDU) at Duxford for tactical
trials against each of the British and US fighter
types that was likely to meet the German aircraft
in combat. An abridged version of the resultant
report, issued in August 1942 and reproduced
below, shows how the German fighter compared
with its contemporaries. It should be remembered
that the words were not those of Focke-Wulf
salesmen trying to boost their company's product,
but came from those forced to give grudging
admiration to a product of their foe.