dogfight

What COULD have happened if the 109 was in close was that the 51 snapped
a half snap with a very high nose attitude bleeding energy like a stuck
pig and the 109 could have over shot him low. Then as the 51 went
inverted, if he pulled back pressure, he just might have slewed the
aircraft back down and fired as he pulled, nailing the 109 as he went by
low.
Mind you, I'm just guessing here, but this would be one plausible
scenario :-))

Wow -- that's quite a guess! My car description was an exaggeration of
the flatness, just to indicate that the animation didn't show an
inversion as a snap roll would have had. The plane was turning to the
left and the maneuver was done to the left.

However there was some climb (nose high) illustrated; the plane did
bleed a lot of speed, the animation showing it perform what might be
called near vertical stall turn (?) not entirely vertical, with the
tail slewing around the nose. The 109 was depicted as over shooting
low and getting blasted on the way by. The risk of the 51 snapping
into a spin was mentioned, with the associated possibility of becoming
the 109's victim.

Anyway if you guys see this episode it would be interesting to find
out if you think the maneuver shown in the animation depicts something
that is possible or not. It's the last segment just after the same
pilot managed to knock an ME262 out of action.