Is that F4-MkV in the MTO or ETO? Didn't MTO MkV's all have a big fat dust filter? Every photo I've seen of MkV's in Malta, Nth. Africa, etc... they have the Vokes filter under the nose. And some have 4x20mm too.
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What about Fw190A-4 vs Spitfire F.IX? For such dissimilar designs, they have very close performance...
About those French Hawks... Apparently on 6 November 1939, JGr 102 (flying Bf109D) attacked 9 Hawk 75's of GCII/5 from a significant altitude advantage. Result? 4 109's shot down, and 4 force-landed. The French casualties; 1 Hawk 75 belly-landed. The Germans had a 3:1 numerical advantage, altitude, an experienced leader and higher performance fighters and got soundly beaten.
Strangely, the "new med terrain" for WarBirds apparently
doesn't even have Malta in it.
[This message has been edited by juzz (edited 01-07-2000).]