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Re: Luftwaffe copy the Merlin
Birgir: This overlooks the problems and delays in getting the Spitfire produced in the first place.
I think you over-rate the Morane, although I entirely agree about the value of extra power.
Tapper. No, you are not right about extra potential. Yes, the 109F could have been fitted with the Merlin, as the Buchon proved, but at that stage (late 1940/1941) the DB601 had as much (or more) power as the Merlin so no advantage could have been gained - even ignoring the key point that only the previous year's Merlin could have been made available in any numbers.
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