Spitfire going the wrong direction...

[whoarmongar]

[QUOTE=IvanK;272826]Err No.

Heading indicator is spot on. you are making the same error that many RAF pilots made, There was a real Human factors issue with this compass.

And not just RAF pilots. On 23 June 1942 Oberleutnant Arnim Faber landed his FW 190 at Pembrey in South Wales, after getting disorientated in battle with Spitfires operating from Exeter, he obviously flew NW thinking he was going SE. and so handed a shiny new FW190 totally undamaged to the RAF. Fighter Command conducted performance measurements and tactical trials v the Spitfire IX (ie the latest spit at that time) and concluded that the FW190 climbed better between 15000-23000ft and had a better role rate. As at this time the majority of RAf Spits were MkVs this was a bit of an eye opener for them.