CobberKane
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- Apr 4, 2012
The Luftwaffe's excellent Bf109F has been getting some attention lately. I've always been under the impression that of all it's rivals - Yaks, P-40s, Hurricanes - only the Spit V could match it, and even then not at low altitude. But it occurs to me that there is one other contender: in 1942 the RAF began using the Allison powered P-51A, or Mustang Mk 1, for tactical recon sweeps over Europe. Inevitably there must have been interceptions by the 109F, at just the altitude where the Mustang shone. Are there records of such combats, and could this have been the first - and for some time only- case of an entirely American fighter bettering the famous 109?
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