Originally posted by Rafe35
Isn't He-100D are the same as Bf 109D?
No, the Heinkel is some 120mph faster than the Bf109D. It was a 400+mph fighter in 1939/40 powered by the same engine as the 350mph Bf109E of the same period...
The Luftwaffe was very good like that, passing up superbly performing aircraft. Another example is that FW was ready to mass produce a 450mph high alt DB603 inline engined FW190 variant in late 1942 - a plane that was better than the 1944 Fw190D9, but instead its engines were directyed to Me410 destroyer production..