Which fighters did pilots feel safest in for crash landing?
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You all know Pierre Closterman for sure so I'm not going to write about him. Lets just say I read his book »The big show« and in it I found his testimony about the danger of crash-landing a Tempest V. The plane had a landing speed of 300km/h and cought fire very fast on crash landing, especially on bricked surfaces.
From the other day.....
I found out tonight the Tempest V had a landing speed with power between 110-115 mph with power. It's glide speed landing configuration was just under 100...
Clostermann....
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This 109E (1190) was downed on 30th sept 1940 and the damage is original and not doctored Image from my own personal collection and may be used in the public domain
We were trying to show ones that had a good time in crash landing but okay; great pictures.
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In regards to the 109 even if you succesfully got the aircraft on the ground the landing gear would most likely collapse and then the aircraft would break apart on you and ultimatly killing you, and that is if the aircraft did not tip over on its nose and then you met the instrument panel. Either way I would bail out and not take any chances.
I wouldnt fancy a crash-landing in a 109 either - especially as the fuel tank is right behind your seat
Heres some more Pics of Oblt Bartels 109, interestingly, its a repaired aircraft due to the F suffix on its serial number - W.Nr.6296F meaning Flugklar, or "flight ready" denoting a repaired or rebuilt a/c. The Germans actually fitted the heavier framed canopy as used on the E-3 & E-4 variants on this E-1 machine.
As you can see, it did the fund raising & morale raising rounds & seemed to get more bent and battered as it went on its travels!
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