Supermarine Spitfire vs Messerschmitt BF 109

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• Video description: The Battle of Britain which occurred from July to October 1940, was a World War II military operation in which the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe. During the battle of Britain, Super Marine Spitfire Mk1 were generally tasked with engaging Luftwaffe fighters—mainly Messerschmitt Bf 109E-series aircraft, which were a close match for them. So which one of the two aircraft was more powerful?
• The scope of the assessment has been limited to the period between 1939 and 1941, when these aircraft fought each other on roughly even terms. So we shall mostly stick to the variants that were in service in this timeframe: the Spitfire MK1 and the Bf 109E
• The Supermarine Spitfire MK1 is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force and other Allies before, during WWII. The Spitfire operated in a variety of missions, including interceptor, photo-reconnaissance, fighter-bomber, and trainer, and it continued to do so until the end of the war. While The Messerschmitt Bf 109E on the other hand served as the backbone of the Luftwaffe's fighter force during World War II. With an all-metal monocoque structure, a closed canopy, and retractable landing gear, it was one of the most sophisticated fighters when it initially emerged. The Supermarine Spitfire was a strong competitor to the German Me 109E, and it evolved into a worthy opponent during the Battle of Britain, but with distinct flying abilities.
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[dodoubleg]

Can you pls do a vid on FW-190 vs. the P-51, OR the P-40 vs. the ME-109?? Thx.

[markaemerson]

The Spitfire and Hurricane had one major design flaw that no one wants to discuss. The designers couldn't resist putting a fuel tank right at the center of gravity in front of the pilot. Although many pilots survived bailout, they were not returned to combat due to massive facial burns. The British started the very first plastic surgery unit for the military due to the excessive burns their pilots received. The German pilots, although they often went into captivity after bailout or crash landing suffered remarkably few facial burns by comparison.

[ottoe]

1. Göring (Head of the German Airforce) once asked his pilots during that Battle of Britain, „what do you need to be more successfull“? They replied, „the Spitfire“.
2. How can the Spitfire be the better plane, if the Bf 109 has the higher kill rate ???

[pablopeter]

EXCELLENT video. THANKS very much. It is very difficult to compare these two aircraft, the Me-109E had the endurance and range handicap over Britain, the Spitfire was the upper hand given by the Ground Radar intercept and fighting over their country. However, you are right, the Spitfire over all had a better grade, slightly ¡

[andyz.]

Pls do better research, the 109 E was only in service until 1941, then it was replaced by 109 F, G and in the end K version.

[janmale]

I prefer the 109 for the price of 1 Spitfire slightly more than 2 109's could be built, the Spit And Hurricane were good turners but the 109 was the better energy fighter, an engine change on a 109 took a fraction of the time as on the British fighters, the Spit was a easier to fly for a rookie pilot and soft on the eye aircraft, the Hurri was a bit slow, but a more steady gun platform and the closely spaced .303 were better suited for bomber attack, the fuel injected DB was a 'vorsprung dur teghnic' on the 109' side...i can go on and on they all had pros and cons, but i personally like the 'ugly duckling' 109 it looks like a real war machine.

[felixjaitman]

Stukas weren't good enough for dogfights or close air combat but they did it duty as accurate dive bombers in the beginnings of WWII

[stephensalt]

Fw-190 was the best fighter all round...my x wife's stepfather was Polish and a pow for the whole war he was forced to work in the Fulkawulf factory in Bremin...they built new and repaired shot up planes ...he had a lot of unbelievable stories...he was 95 when he passed away about 8 or 9 years ago...his short term memory was bad...but he remembered everything about the war...he had potato or turnip soup every day 3 times a day for the entire war....

[olengagallardo]

Both are legendary! So it came down to the pilot.

[rySatoru]

Bf109 is such a classic design plane, I love it, BTW I am back hope u remember me.

[aceofspades]

Not too bad of a video, you did a good job on your research and I really didn't have a whole lot to disagree with... kind of surprised.

[zagrepcanin]

well german pilot from that era, grandpa, flew spitfire a few years ago and was amazed with it.he was Messerschmidt pilot....he said it really felt good to fly it and that britain was worthy oponent

[ShamsherSingh_]

Please make a video on The Best AWACS systems in the world

[storytimewithbigcisco]

Both beautiful and powerful planes, but definitely prefer the spitfire!

[realmtraveller]

the spitfire mark 1 didnt retire in 1961 it retired soon after the battle of Britain and then it was replaced by the mark 2

[tartzmir]

German pilots had little fuel to fight the British fighters because they wanna have an upper hand in speed and some pilots were shot down because they spend too much fuel in combat so they had to abandon their plane

[talypex]

Lets be honest early spitfire was not as good as The bf 109 but The later spitfires got better then bf 109 in ever way (still negativa g problems May still been a problem)

[coldbews]

Germany didn't have the right kind of planes for such a fight.

[garyseeseverything]

Britain lost and went begging America for help and also supplied spitfires the 100 octanes to increase boost. Spitfire got smashed over France in 1940. In all the Bf109 was superior and had the highest scoring aces in all history all on cheap pump 87 gas!

[mangusto]

O principal fator que tornava o Messerschmidt superior é que derrubava mais facilmente o spitfire do que o inverso. Para uma Bf109 ser derrubado ele tinha que eer múto castigado.