In article k.net,
"Felger Carbon" wrote:

"Garrison Hilliard" wrote in message
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Hardly... try Galland's BF109, or any of those Japanese guy's
Zekes, Franks, and Oscars. Hell, even Bong's p-38 beats out that
Brewster Buffalo (which, despite your fetish for it, still sucked
as a fighter when pitted against contemporary fighters - which
"Rata's", "Mosca's", and PO's weren't).

Galland flew for a long time, and there were _many_ improvements in
the BF109 over the course of the war. Are you suggesting that Galland
flew the _same_ 109 throughout the war?

He didn't.

He flew different BF-109E models up until about 1941 (they kept giving
him updated versions), then a few BF-109F variants (with custom
additions like extra armor and different weapons), a couple of missions
in an FW-190, and a few in the Me-262.

Galland was hard on planes. He actually bent a prop on a French fighter
once.

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