Comparison - 190A, 109G, P-47, P-51 - June 1944

[George Hopp]

Some time ago I got a single page of a report on the above comparison. That page was in poor shape, but I managed to tease the following from it. Now, does anyone have the rest of the report that they would be willing to share, as it looks quite interesting:

[Kutscha]

Yes it does George. Would it be possible to have the report translated for us that don't speak German?

[yogybär]

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Comparative flight test on 44.06.19

with types 109G-6, 109&-6/AS, Fw190A-8
Mustang newer type, Thunderbolt
Attending:
Major Wiese
Major Schöpfel
Major Michalski
Staff-Engineer Beauvais
Lead Engineer Lerche
All planes with full ammunition, normal weapons like in the field w/o additional fuel tank but equipped for it.
Clear, cloudless perfect flight weather.

After a short briefing into the unknown foreign types, these were flwon w/o problems by the 3 pilots in active service. Take-off and landings offered no problems. The flight properties of the Mustang near the ground <2.000m=6.000feet can be described as good. Control forces are partly unequalised and strange. In the curve resqueezing OR counterforcing. Speedwise she is above the normal Bf109 [means: the non-AS], where the IAS is said to be different from the TAS. A/C has a good visibility to the front and to the side, to the rear it is handicapped by the big armour plate; a lot of space and freedom of movement in the cabin, a easy-handy layout of the levers to be used in the A/C. Easily surveyed layout of the instruments. A comparison at high altitude with this type could not be done because of a damaged supercharger. The in closed groupd made take-off, followed by climb to 3.000m at 100% lead to a balanced picture between all 4 types, except the Thunderbolt. The flight in the Mustang was broken stopped due to the mentioned damage.

Thunderbolt:
The Thunderbolt, flown near the ground up to 2.000m, made an exceptionally sluggish and tired impression. Its speed values are below the one of the german fighters. During this, water injection was not used. (A new comparison will be flown again).
During the again in closed group made start & climb to 3.000m at 100% she stayed far behind the other 4 types. In a climb between 8-9.000m she stayed behind the FW190. In a curve between 4-6.000m, she was superior to the normal Bf109, in the dive slightly faster.
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It is translated as near as possible, so it might sound a bit strange

[George Hopp]

Thank you for that, Jörg!
George