Pilots generally said that they are satisfied with their machines... TBH I don't see why they shouldn't be, Bf-109 is a fine war machine.Originally posted by ali19891989:
Does anybody know the general pilot's opinions on the late war 109s, were they highly regarded as they were at the start of the war?![]()
I renember of read in a Günther Rall interview that he sayied his preffer model was the F. he also tells about the late models that "they put one thing there and other here and the aircraft stay too heavy"
in my experience in the sim, I don't use much the BF-109, preffer the FW-190.
but, all the times I've flow the 109 late models, I like then.
MOst pilots prefered the earlier models, the F model was the big favourite IIRC, but it all depends on the actual pilots.
Gunther Rall :-
'And when Crete was finished we went back to Romania, and there we got a new airplane. It was the 109 F. This was my beloved aircraft. It was the first aircraft with the round wing tips, no struts in the back, 605 engine (ed. DB 601), excellent, and not too overloaded. You know, later on they put in this, and put in this, and put in this. The aircraft became heavier, but not this one. The F was my ideal aircraft.'
http://www.virtualpilots.fi/hist/WW2...llEnglish.html
I'm sure none of the fighter pilots of 1944 complained of the G10's extra speed or climb.