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Spitfire vs Messerschmitt: The Duel That Decided 1940

1.8K views · Sep 24, 2026 · People & Blogs

Comments · 6

  • @helios1912 · 5 days ago

    You want 109 action?  Read Adolf Galland's 1954 gripping auto bio "The First and the Last."  Galland was more than just a Top Gun fighter jock in his 109 and 262.  He rose to the upper brass ranks. The war from the German view.  The book is an aviation treasure.

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  • @hermannseidl-schulz2689 · 4 days ago

    Der Vorteil war die Kampfdauer über Grossbritannien.<br>Eine 15 Minütige Kampfdauer für die deutschen Piloten &nbsp;70 Minuten für die Briten.

  • @jonathanpersson1205 · 4 days ago

    The highest number of Foreign aircrew in the RAF during the Battle of Britain were poles (145) next was the New Zealanders (135) if you want to call us foreign we have the King of England as our head of state and had a very strong British heritage back then

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