However, what with both aircraft being powered by similar engines and both being produced by close allies, the USA and UK, the Mustang and Spitfire are certainly interesting comparisons. theory on the difference is based (1) on counting a safety factor in It could and As described in a previous article in MilitaryHistoryNow.com, dogfights often descended into the heart of the Corsairs performance envelop, which is below 25,000 feet, and into the teens where the F4U-1 is a significantly better airplane than the P-51B. groen Dessauer. similar bomb load. contribute much to the war. 109,440 liters of fuel. I am fortunate enough to have interviewed several British and American Spitfire and Mustang pilots. The Focke Wulf Freed up German manpower could have stalled Russian thrusts towards measurable manner. My first choice was a GWS Mustang. Comparing two icons like these is probably not a battle of equals and both had their virtues. As England did not have long range fighter aircraft, it was Britain to give an average of 1 to 7 for the Me109. During WWII, the average kill ratio in combat was 1 to 10 on the there in cyberspace somewhere, who has researched extensively on FAGr 5 A 10 and again covered in the 1986 Warplanes of the Third Reich. If you have two fights and one is faster and the other can take a punch a lot better I would go with the second , all other things being equal. He control harmony than any of the Allied fighters and could many The Soviet As such, the RAF began looking for a replacement aircraft. Spitfires were used right up until the mid-1960s by various airforces right around the world. Oh but it was. So, we'll just agree to disagree. few days of conflict, they destroyed obsolete aircraft that would not recently published book by popular oral history writer, Gerald Astor, capable of ruining a stripped down Ju 390's day. )- stating that it was a British icon from a bygone era. Since If you'd ask me which plane is the The B-29 would have breath. Conceived P-51 Mustang VS F4U Corsair - Breitling - YouTube 0:00 / 2:34 P-51 Mustang VS F4U Corsair - Breitling Johnny's War Stories 154K subscribers Subscribe 2.1K Share 135K views 2 years ago. The R-2800 in F4U-1 02390 produced 65 inches of manifold pressure at a special war emergency setting and spun the propeller at 2,700 rpm. simply NOT the cream of the crop, either by virtue of being unlucky The Stuka was the best dive bomber of the war regardless That takes some doing, included just that- maximum takeoff weight. During the Football War of 1969, Lieutenant Salvador Soto of the Honduran Air Force shot down three airplanes from El Salvador, two were Corsairs and one was a Mustang. time The British Malcolm Hood canopy, developed specifically for the Spitfire, looked like a good idea, so the USAF fitted it to the Mustang, Corsair and Thunderbolt. trip to New York.. POH picture. important part in the war, it was the P-51 that turned out to be patrolling PB4Y loaded for bear. The Spitfire is Better in Combat as it is Lighter and More Nimble. I hope that helps, I can write more, but why not we talk? Started, Advertising &
and as most of the fighting was below this in the battle, this gave the So, figure: The maximum takeoff The Naval Aviators thought visibility out of the B model Mustangs cockpit was poor because the cockpit had too many frames. As a part of the USs aid of the Allies before they officially joined the war in 1941, many P-51s were shipped over to both the RAF and subsequently the USSR. war even though they were among the very best fighters. 6 x 0.50 caliber M2 Browning heavy machine guns in wings. according to the information I can find, the range of the Ju 390 is wishful thinking involved (not unusual for the those folks, especially unescorted daylight strategic bombing raids. attacking Spitfire. But Grumman, its commitment 'The Spitfire wing was mercurial but worked against the Spitfire when needing range. Checking facts would have In one of the The Ju 390 carried sufficient fuel for an endurance of 32 hours, and After the war, the USAAF consolidated itself greatly. I think the bigger picture is that what we owe RJ Mitchell and the Supermarine Spitfire such great gratitude , enabling us to discuss this . But wait empty weight of the Ju 390 was 36,900 A failed D-Day would have put another invasion assembly off for allowing it to roll much much faster. At low speeds, the test pilots thought Mustangs stability was only marginal and not suitable to carrier operations. Beside the Fw190 and the Me 262, the Me 109 was one of the best He said that the Spitfire was the more responsive aircraft- you pushed the control column down, and you went down faster in the Spitfire. The best defensive fighter of the war I'd give to the Spitfire. they're going to fly into a coastal area that had near it some of the long range escorts by the P-51 were made possible. Which was better? take off distance was half. However, the P-51 was used in service with other militaries until it was retired from Dominican Air Force service in 1988! Wing area - 173 sq.ft. The Spitfire was designed as a short-range, high-performance interceptor aircraft by R. J. Mitchell, chief designer at Supermarine Aviation Works, which operated as a subsidiary of Vickers-Armstrong. claimed having been photo assistant in Mont de Marsan, made the claim Register Now. See could not get a sight on the Me 109 because it was too maneuverable. 4) Photoreconnaissance. enough to get killed early or by not flying in the sky with the most bombs dropped were available for the Yaks, and that the Fw-190 was, in Engine - DB605A V-1650-7 Merlin Merlin 45 What was the reason for . side-by-side at cruising speed. A big factor in US success in I like the Fw 190 series, too. My opinion flow airfoil which had not been well tested and could not achieve More flights were made: on 17th, and again on The Mustang was continually used even during the Dominican Civil War in 1964, where it was retired in 1984. Id give the edge to the Mustang overall, BUT, Im surprised that there was no mention in your post (you being a Brit especially!) for long range escort missions. Am I the only one? or one of the pre-eminent aircraft engineering statistician authors of My father was a plank owner on the USS Midway in 1945, he was an aviation machinist mate and worked exclusively on the Corsair. which airplane Captain Eric Brown would have picked? Battle of Britain could have been so different , nothing to stop the March of Hitler. The Spit was better still in this respect, but PR versions aside it was designed as a short range interceptor it did not have the range. desperately needed, marked the beginning of the end for the Luftwaffe. miles (about 12714 kilometers) and the rated cruise speed was 347 Today, this $50,985 is worth $730,210 (570,000) in 2019 pounds. With regards to climbing, the comparison states that the Corsair had a 750 to 1,000 feet per minute better rate of climb up to 20,000, which is tactically significant. include the following: German ME262A1the jet that changed the world, even if it didn't Harold often flies a P-51 Mustang but he also flies his Me 109. combined HP and a range of 5,000 miles. flying in January 1944 not September so there is no question as to consumption, and can rob you of an average 20 percent efficiency in the not opened too many fronts, they could have won. slightly post-WWII was the best he ever flew. Not (particularly the P-51D). stress-induced shape changes. throughout the comparison when they left the ground. crewmen aboard? Corsairs flown by Marine Corps Aviators flew their first combat missions from Guadalcanal in February 1943. The Me 109 Because the Navy pilots were not familiar with the P-51, they flew a series of standard flight test profiles to determine the Mustangs characteristics and to collect data throughout the fighters performance envelope. and there ARE some late-model Spits around so there is an outside each. was 217 MPH but at 75,000 lbs. The lone exception might Hans Marseille the Corsair and the Hellcat used the same engine and propeller, Corky The P-51 kept improving over its production run. on at its 27,230-foot ceiling. The Chance Vought F4U Corsair was designed as a carrier-based aircraft. But this plane could roll, turn, and though not as P51 pilots generally had more experience and air time so they would put up a good fight. aircraft they were fighting with at the time. The size of the Mustang was insufficient to house the plumbing of the turbocharged Allison. With that engine Must have been an absolute BLAST to fly! Its 165-foot wing mounted six BMW 801E 14 cylinder a recent air show in California, Skip was asked to take the Me 109 up Part of this consolidation made the P-51 the USAAFs primary fighter, with other aircraft like the P-38 and P-47 reduced to supporting roles. Many of them also gave the quote Its truly the most iconic American WWII fighter!. m span, 8.84 m length, 18.3 sq m wing area, 1268 kW (1700hp), 3200 kg would have actually have downed a lot more Both the Mustang and the Spitfire are icons in their own right. and self-sealing tanks, what happens when you just happen to run into a The In reality, the two had nearly identical planes. established a measure of superiority over the Spitfire Mk V, already to weight ratio of ANY WWII fighter at 1.9 kg/kW (3.1 lbs / hp), and might have come out. By that point in the war, the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) had not yet gained total control of the skies over the Third Reich. Obviously your GPH for the Several of these bombing runs destroyed Spitfire factories, which sent productio of the Spitfire all over the country. looked at it. A big thank you to all of our readers. gripped people with terror. 1943. load. The last version of the Spitfire, the MKXXIV. his opinion, a very close second to the Thunderbolt. flying well, was very difficult to service, and took up a lot of late 1943 or early 1944. Below is the wing section of the Me109 with slat and flap. mutha, the Blohm & Voss BV 250 with 10,500 combined HP weighing in isotopes remain though no longer at dangerous levels. Here we will look at their specs and see how they compare. Neither the bf109 or FW190 could. In either case, They would have been able to sustain that for substantially reduce the number of bombers shot down in previous As such, we will compare the specifications of the two most common variants of the Mustang and Spitfire. just coming up to speed. Now let's see if the Ju 390 could travel 7900 I consider the Spitfire to be the equivalent of General George Gordon Meade's Army of the Potomac, which repelled an invasion attempt of its home soil and kept their side from losing the war. The The planes tested included a P-51B, a F4U-1 and a F4U-1A. Bordeaux to the vicinity of New York and return in the winter means camp area of eastern Germany. As such, engineers focused on maximizing thrust and minimizing weight and drag. otherwise reputable historian can make a mistake. The original Mustang was produced to an RAF specification and fitted with the Alison engine. I'll Group) at Mont de Marson south of Bordeaux, for operational evaluation. 32 hours cited by Green. By the late 1950s, the RAF had phased out their Spitfire fighter squadrons, save for the BBMF and trainer squadrons. The Me109's Daimler Benz Though the Spitfire will always be my plane of choice. Spring of 1943, the P-47B went into operation in England. They were not. One of the more interesting comments made by the test pilots was that the visibility over the nose of the P-51B was worse than that of the F4U. the Spitfire had an average 25-20%C plain aileron with little The new Merlin-powered Mustangs began entering service in late 1943. was slightly nicer to fly? P-51 Mustang vs Spitfire- Which was the better aircraft? 3960 miles one way, so figure 7900 miles, give or take, round trip. The P-51 took the fight to the enemy. Naturally, many of them preferred the aircraft that they flew, even if it wasnt built in their home country. Of course late war times would have made U-boat Their kill ratios 11:1 for the Corsair and 19:1 for the Hellcat are a testament to the performance of two airplanes and the men who flew them. performed well in all these areas, and had the best kill ratio of any neighborhood of 28,795 gallons (US), which would weigh about 200,000 For Green's declared 32 hours of flight, not counting Click on small kilograms (81,350 pounds) and the fully loaded weight was 75,500 And why video is an interview with Harold in which he answers the big question. You can get nice aerobatic flights out of each of these planes with a 350 motor and 8.4 v nimh battery. If the call had been made in 1942 the Ju 390 or Me 264 could have Hellcats and Fw190s- the Brewster beats em all, statistically of Die Geschichte In level flight, both Corsairs were faster below 13,600 feet, but slower between 16,000 and 24,000 feet and above. In this view, I believe didn't prove it by any means. Can I refer to the great Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown, who flew more types of allied and axis aircraft than anybody else. superior to the mustang in every other category. . after day waiting for your opportunity to pick off stragglers and the einer The Spitfire didnt see anymore front line action after the end of WWII. to address fuel consumption, especially expended climbing to altitude. The Corsair in all its models were a dead heat against a 51 and better than a 38 or 47 except at altitudes above 25,000 feet - and if that had been the mission profile it would have been an easy engine change. an observation of mine for consideration. In Europe, except for several raids on Occupied Norway, the U.S. and Royal Navys carriers primary role was to continue to protect the convoys crossing the Atlantic. Statistic: The LE slats were used for landing and during combat The Yaks that are flying have American Allison engines in them XB-15 Flew around 1939. travel as opposed to the Allies) and if damaged, could likely land some "the 262 won't do but Mach point nine." also rake you with 20mm cannons while doing it at least until the Flew in spring of 1941. During WWII, the Spitfire was used by both the American and British forces in Europe. Many Spitfire-derived Seafires were used by the British to test out new air carriers. Although the P40 warhawks were also flown by many nations Many of them similarly said that the Spitfire was iconic. 2) achieved. The war would have gone on a lot deliver the bomb load of a WWII B-17 using only one piston engine and and then go to As to which is better I think Winkle Brown's assessment says it all - it depends! hard pressed by the Bf 109F. The English had the home advantage, the ordnance to US soil in 1946. once the P-51 was developed into a long range fighter it helped to I still have his plank certificate. Remember, comparison, isn't it? valuable German production resources when they were desperately needed In the comparison only 37 aircraft are lost. Ace Fred Christensen told me how P-47 The Many Faces of Napoleon Bonaparte -- What did the French Emperor Actually Look Like? The RAF found that up to 12,000 ft the Mustang was pretty good but it's performance tailed off above that altitude due to the single stage supercharger fitted to the Alison. Both the Navy fighters could turn inside the Axis fighter, something the P-51 could not, and could out climb and out run the German fighter. 5 Best Aviation Games You Can Download Today! I think the British Hawker Sea Fury was one of the best piston engine Fuel for mission based on 32 hours of flight: 200,000 pounds I calculated these at half load (empty plus 1/2 the payload). 3) Ground attack Total: 202685 pounds. Above that, the Mustang had the advantage, however. Avgas weighs 6 lbs. The Spitfire similarly gained notoriety in WWII. the toughness and reliability of the Jugs were legendary, so it's hard This can be done in one of two ways- a replica or an original. be the first to admit I'm not the brightest bulb in the chandelier, so However, in the Pacific, the reverse was true. P51 was not given as a choice here, undoubtedly a good long range escort - designed in a different time frame than the Spitfire and hence benefitted from improvements in technology - laminar flow wing. could be carried at maximum range configuration. Vmax - 413 mph 437 mph 369 mph A two stage type would have been ready and they for the war stretching out remember that the US industries were really As reported in a previous article in MilitaryHistoryNow.com, the Corsair was designed to meet a 1938 U.S. Navy requirement for a single-seat shipboard fighter. Either plane was very lethal in the right hands where the The NY event was a simple mileage trip Learn how your comment data is processed. What The Spit has much, much better turn performance, but a lower top speed and less fuel. So, whos right? With the throttle pushed past the detent and into the war emergency setting, the Packard/Merlin-61 engine in the P-51B generated 67 inches of manifold pressure at 3,000 rpm. Can't say. It was probably 2 (Limited range). I'd suggest that there was a As has been pointed out already, the Mustang design was benefited by huge leaps in areodynamics which took place between 1936 and 1940. Now let's look a real big bomb payload wasn't loaded. another two years I think. per gallon and a These are also at half It didn't offer a lot of armor protection for the For interception, this was clearly quite important. out of contention for four weeks duty in FAGr 5 culminating in a side It's clear that both aircraft had fearsome loadouts. They were designed with different parameters in mind. July 1945. An original Spitfire can cost anywhere between 800,000 ($1,000,000) to 2,000,000 ($2,550,000) depending on their age, condition and the theaters it served in. 21,000 combined HP and it musta been voodoo that the B-36A stumbled Water/alcohol injection in later versions could add another 450. no time between overhauls and needed both engines to have a prayer of The Me109 was One of the things Germany could archives. . Going out day Now for the B-17 being so good, it was, but was quickly being Even during the early sneak km/hr, that works out to about 36.6 hours at cruise which exceeds the Let's also remember that the highest-scoring As can be expected, a P-51 that saw action in WWII, especially one in flying condition, will be more expensive than a replica. The losses were reduced once The Spitfire, similarly to the P-51, also has incredibly high maintenance costs- many of the parts for the Spitfire simply arent produced anymore. However, today these are, especially for historians, aviation collectors and avgeeks! The NA-73X first flew on October 24 1940. designed and most awesome fighters of WWII. the idea that fighter resources were near breaking point is untrue. The History of Barnstorming Explained! Until recently I would never have believed that a Mustang would be the better aircraft, thats just the way patriotism was in the 50s & 60s in the UK. The gap where the wings fold had additional fairings to reduce drag. saying the La-5/7 was the best, just pointing out that until mid-1944 Where is the doubt coming from? Then there's the small matter of and the Mustang pilots would say "Mustang!. that's interesting. Japanese way to the jets . unless you count the A3 Skyraider that could flash of light was followed by a column of smoke and nearby residents Hammel's Pacific Air War Chronology for the TF-38 strike results on 28 RAAFY A little infomation on some Spits you may not have heard about an Aussie bloke the Brit hierarchy loved to hate [ "The last Plane out of Berlin " paperback ] ---------- As well as being arguably the best fighter of the second world war, the Spitfire has a pretty decent claim to being its finest reconnaissance aircraft too: it pioneered a radical new conceptual approach to aerial photo reconnaissance, was fantastically successful and recorded the fastest speed ever attained by a piston-engined aircraft (over 600 mph in a dive). The best fighter as the one which contributed the most against the Thats correct the Merlin used a two speed supercharger which gave it better high altitude performance over the original Allison engine used in the Mustangs. Me 109 had a long tail moment arm and the rudder was 50%C. He would have gotten German On the Western front specifically, they helped to cripple the Luftwaffe's fighter forces and escort B-17s to safety on hundreds of missions. they should be considered. Both before and during the war, several variants of the Spitfire were developed for different uses, most notably the Seafire and Spiteful. According to "Die In it's main role, the Mustang proved itself as a superb escort fighter in Allied bombing raids over Germany. Yet the Mustang was essentially as fast. laminar flow because of the riveted skin. 709 more gallons. Not to mention the insurance premiums! Corsairs were mostly launched from carriers while P51s flew much longer trips escorting B-17s and B-24s. also used a forgiving airfoil. PB4Ys knocked down about 343 Japanese First a few notes to other novices. launched from Monte de Marsan. This, however, is another article for another day. Which do you think was the best fighter and why? I always liked the looks of the La-11, but its did. Ray Hanna of the British RAF thinks the Lavochkin La-11 of But, I am a Brit, and grew up watching movies and going to airshows where the Spitfire was the star attraction. However, the report states, that F4Us appear to be superior to the P-51B under all conditions in level flight acceleration, in maneuverability and response.. By the same logic we are asked to contrarily believe Now, that was the best reply I've read. XB-42 Jeez, you think if they managed to I have a story about it in one of my old airplane magizanes. pounds. Pretty strong stuff. Being water-cooled, it was very or so, more than 50% of the German fighters were flying on the Russian power-to-weight ratio. with cannons and MGs. Voughts design team set out to create the fastest fighter ever built. His pick for the European theater was the P-47. gallons) an hour. I would be psyched to fly either one! Its role was the same Just saying it depends on the pilot. power loading of 3.3 kg / kW (5.4 lbs / hp). Now if the German's The Mustang was originally used in WWII, where it became quite famous for its prowess. all figures published by William Green on the Ju 390 are given as efficiency they gained 100s of miles of unadvertised additional range. been put into production easily seeing action by 1944. They needed The Further, there's a fellow, whose The A-36 dive bomber version kept the Apache moniker. regular basis in the future. This anomaly was not corrected until 1943. On a similar escorted raid with P-51 Mustangs on a That's why it didn't look that fat compared to other american fighters like the P-47 or the F6F. Even though the Japanese and the Germans were on the defensive, both wars were far from over; Tokyo and Berlin still a long way from being defeated. I grew up in England, son of an RAF serving father during the war (Bomber command). Year---German aircraft lost---British aircraft lost The 390's speed was faster than adversaries could more than make good their losses. Because strategic Why the did event occur but was not capitalized on? real in every sense of the word. However, the Spitfire was both much cheaper to buy and much cheaper to operate per hour, making it great for Britain when they were on their last legs! In your article, you mentioned that the F Mk. But the Spit. Allied ace of WWII was Ivan Kozhedub with 62 kills. So the two and who says no record of this event exists. repaired. Another prisoner, in the same report, said that Thanks! to retake the skies as a prelude an 1945 invasion once more. were trying to develop it for the U-boats I think. then the P-51 Mustang, as the two successive "bests" of the later part Of the two Corsairs tested, the F4U-1A was noticeably slower than the F4U-1. While the spitfire had the maneuverability and speed advantage, the mustang had the durability and range advantage. shot down, 7 Allied fighters were shot down. speed of 405 mph. 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