Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/15

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Subject: [Leica] Re: There's something about German design ...
From: eperea at walkereng.com (Emilio Perea)
Date: Mon Jan 15 14:14:35 2007
References: <bf5.dd88d61.32dd4f13@aol.com>
 
On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 04:41:39PM -0500, ISILVERMN@aol.com wrote:
> The Messerschmidt Bf-109, also an advanced design for its time,
> lacked the ability to carry drop tanks, nor could the design be
> easily adapted.

I'm positive that Bf109s used in the Spanish Civil War used drop tanks.
Did they lose the capability later?  In any case, the 109 was an old
design when the first Spitfire saw action, so it's not entirely fair to
compare them.
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