James Holland

No two-seater trainers. So the first time you're flying in your Focke-Wulf 190 or your Messerschmitt 109, it's this horrendous leap of faith for which you as a young, bright Luftwaffe fighter pilot know that you're not ready for this. And it can bite you. Something like a... a Messerschmitt 109, has a very high wing loading. So it's very maneuverable in the air, but it's got these tiny wings.

No two-seater trainers. So the first time you're flying in your Focke-Wulf 190 or your Messerschmitt 109, it's this horrendous leap of faith for which you as a young, bright Luftwaffe fighter pilot know that you're not ready for this. And it can bite you. Something like a... a Messerschmitt 109, has a very high wing loading. So it's very maneuverable in the air, but it's got these tiny wings.

So the first time you're flying in your Focke-Wulf 190 or your Messerschmitt 109, it's this horrendous leap of faith for which you as a young, bright Luftwaffe fighter pilot know that you're not ready for this.

And it can bite you.

Something like a...

a Messerschmitt 109, has a very high wing loading.

So it's very maneuverable in the air, but it's got these tiny wings.

It's got this incredible torque, this Daimler-Benz DB605 engine with its huge amount of torque. And it just wants to flip you over. So if you're not used to it, and it's got a narrow undercarriage as well, if you're not used to it, you could just crash. So in the first couple of months of 1944, they lose something like 2,400 aircraft in the air and pilots, and about 3,400 are accidents.

It's got this incredible torque, this Daimler-Benz DB605 engine with its huge amount of torque. And it just wants to flip you over. So if you're not used to it, and it's got a narrow undercarriage as well, if you're not used to it, you could just crash. So in the first couple of months of 1944, they lose something like 2,400 aircraft in the air and pilots, and about 3,400 are accidents.

It's got this incredible torque, this Daimler-Benz DB605 engine with its huge amount of torque. And it just wants to flip you over. So if you're not used to it, and it's got a narrow undercarriage as well, if you're not used to it, you could just crash. So in the first couple of months of 1944, they lose something like 2,400 aircraft in the air and pilots, and about 3,400 are accidents.

It's got this incredible torque, this Daimler-Benz DB605 engine with its huge amount of torque.

And it just wants to flip you over.

So if you're not used to it, and it's got a narrow undercarriage as well, if you're not used to it, you could just crash.

So in the first couple of months of 1944, they lose something like 2,400 aircraft in the air and pilots, and about 3,400 are accidents.

It's training and resources and supply. And the Second World War, more than any other conflict, is a war of numbers. There are... differences, the decisions that generals can make. There are moments where particular brilliance and bravery can seize the day, take the bridge, hold the enemy at bay or whatever.

It's training and resources and supply. And the Second World War, more than any other conflict, is a war of numbers. There are... differences, the decisions that generals can make. There are moments where particular brilliance and bravery can seize the day, take the bridge, hold the enemy at bay or whatever.

It's training and resources and supply. And the Second World War, more than any other conflict, is a war of numbers. There are... differences, the decisions that generals can make. There are moments where particular brilliance and bravery can seize the day, take the bridge, hold the enemy at bay or whatever.

It's training and resources and supply.

And the Second World War, more than any other conflict, is a war of numbers.

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