Supermarine Spitfire

[cheddar cheese]

ill hve you know i was out all day in plymouth, i wasnt here at all 8) andi so whooped your arse today, 3-1 to me 8)

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

ah! but it was at least 3-1 on friday (that's so my day) 8)

 

[cheddar cheese]

yup but the corsair made you pissed off 8)

 

[Archer]

Go Corsair! 8)

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

you don't know the half of it mate..........................

 

[Viper]

the hawkers better than the spit??,i think not

 

[Archer]

In the BoB they were more important, not necessarily better. Although from the little I've read the Hurricanes were the superior gun platform, and due to this superior to the Spitfire when attacking bombers, but the Spits were better against 109s.

 

[cheddar cheese]

ill stay by the hurricane though if you dont mind 8)

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

me to, the spit was overrated (just don't tell Mrs. Banks)

 

[Hot Space]

But the Hurricane stop being a Front Line Fighter 1941

Hot Space

 

[Viper]

the spit was a fighter and the hurricane was an intercptor,they had thier own roles

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

no not really im just interested in WWII's general history in pretty much all aspects (excluding the french )

Reichsmarschall Batista

 

[cheddar cheese]

WWII has always been one of my fave subjects 8)

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

back on topic, it think the spitfire was overated on the BoB...................

 

[Gemhorse]

Well , between them , they settled the BoB hash - The Hurricane's thicker wing chord wide-track U/C made it more hardy and took more weight of armament , the Spit was more manoevrable, faster, but the range factor held them back...that's where the Mustang came in . Also the thick wing of the Hurri had been used again with the Typhoon, again weight of ordenance and wide-track U/C . The Spit was delicate by comparison...

 

[cheddar cheese]

i think the tempest was a good plane - the speed of a spit (nearly) 1,530 miles range and i presume it had the thick wing construction your on about 8) 2000lb payload too, not such a shabby plane 8)

 

[plan_D]

32 Squadrons of Hurricane and 11 Squadrons of Spitfire in the BoB. The Spitfire was a better fighter, and it was just as good at interception of bombers as the Hurricane. The reason Spitfires were told to go after the fighters was because they were better than the Hurricanes in the job.
In the BoB the Spitfire is over-rated but overall it was the best Britain had as a fighter. And it was brilliant, definately the best dog-figther of the war. The Hurricane was more important in the BoB and they shot down more, also, they still went on to be ground attack aircraft which they did well.

The Spitfire was fluent, delicate graceful and deadly. The Hurricane was the 'working mans hero', strong, powerful and just mean. It was the meat on the bone..

 

[cheddar cheese]

The Spitfire was fluent, delicate graceful and deadly

like a ferrari

The Hurricane was the 'working mans hero', strong, powerful and just mean. It was the meat on the bone..

like a mitsubishi lancer evo 8 8)

sory, just bringing my knowledge of car into things 8)

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

well please don't..................

the Spit was more manoevrable, faster, but the range factor held them back...that's where the Mustang came in

i don't recall 'Stangs taking part in the BoB................

 

[R Pope]

Cheddar- the Typhoon had the thick Hurri airfoil, the Tempest used a wing much like the Spitfire, so it worked at much higher altitude.