On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:54:20 -0500, "Ray O'Hara"
wrote:


The 109 was better than the Hurricane and the Spit and 109 were basically
equals. the Spit is prettier

The Spitfire and Hurricane were not isolated from one another - in
order to make the Hurricane more competitive against the Bf109, they
got the more powerful versions of the Merlin, with the Spitfire still
able to be superior with the lower powered versions. This was one of
Freeman's decisions to make best use of the available resources.

British aerial victory claims are vastly exagerated in the BoB.
Indeed, to say the least.
Cheers,

Paul Saccani,
Perth,
Western Australia