[Fireskull]

It is amazing to me that I read or see on television how more Bf-109 pilots were lost in landing and take-off accidents than were lost in combat. Has anyone else read that? In the Battle of Britain, the Bf-109s could out climb and out dive the Spitfires, thus giving them the ability to escape in many situations. I believe that if the 109s were made with wide landing gear, then fewer pilots would have been lost and it might have tipped the battle in favor of the Luftwaffe. What do you think?


Clinton