[schwarze-man]

"Cheaper" is an interesting concept. The "Cost" can be measured in many ways and not all comparisons will be valid. I have worked on the actual airframes of both the Spitfire and the Bf109. Although they are both aluminium monocoque structures, I would classify the Bf109 wing structure as easier to build from almost all press-formed parts, but with the added complication of the Slats. The Bf109 fuselage construction is unusual but, when the forming tools/jigs are available, it is simple. So, overall, without knowing the man-hours figures, I would guess that, given the production tooling and material available, the Bf109 Airframe would take less manhours to build. Am I right?

SM