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Re: Me110s against RAF fighters.
Hello
IIRC in Poland 39 110 did quite well and during early combats in North Africa Vokes filter Hurricane Mk Is and Bf 110Cs/Ds fought a draw, if in their combats there were winners they were usually those who saw their opponents first.
and JoeB has counted from the book "Battle of France-Then and Now", that during the Battle of France 110s beat both Hurricane and Spitfire
in BoF:
Hurricane dest by Bf110 v Bf110 dest by Hurricane: 63:37, 1.7:1
Spitfire dest by Bf110 v Bf110 dest by Spitfire: 15:6, 2.5:1
Total 1.81:1
After BoB 110s usually were underdogs when they met Spitfires but the combats were not always totally one-sided On 8 Oct 43 7 Spit Mk Vs from 453 Sqn fought against 8 Bf 110G-2s from II./ZG 1 SW of Scilly Islands, end result was 5 110s and 2 Spits lost. Spitfires were hunting the 110s and attacked first. [FlyPast 2/97 pp. 42-43]
So 110 seems to has been much better fighter than the impression one usually gets from books written in English.
Juha
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