The 'Great Debate' - Spitfire vs BF109

[CaptainDoggles]

Originally Posted by Al Schlageter

Supposedly Marseille's last combat lasted 15 minutes. 109F vs Spit V Trop.

I think that's been de-bunked as a myth.

Edit: Let me elaborate: Not sure if you're a member on butch2k's board, but Henning posted a thread not too long ago about an article in the July 2012 edition of Flugzeug Classic, talking about a 15-minute dogfight against a spitfire that Marseille eventually shot down on 29 Sept 1942 and that the pilot of the spitfire was "the best he'd ever met."

The consensus over there is that it's a myth because Marseille's last recorded kill was on the 26th of that month, and his squadron was put on rest leave (or whatever the term is) for the next three days.