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Old 07-16-2012, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Sandstone View Post
Air combat is often about speed and climb rate. The Hurricane was effective against bombers but less so against the Bf-109 simply because it was significantly slower and had a poorer rate of climb than the German aircraft.
At most combat altitude, the Spit had the same prob.