The Messerschmitt was 100mph faster than the Mustang and on paper looked like a winner.

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He had German firm Messerschmitt Bolkow Blohm develop ultralight planes, but scrapped them when he discovered the bodies were too heavy.

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His Hurricane crashed at Moat Farm in Shadoxhurst, near Ashford, after it was shot in combat with Messerschmitt Bf 109s over Folkestone.

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During World War II, America's P51 Mustang fighter, a single-engine prop plane, creamed the first fleet of German combat jets, the Messerschmitt 262.

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There are nine power hammers operated by foot pedals, including a 1940s model once used by the Nazis to make wing sections for Messerschmitt fighter planes.

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At Kenley, Spitfires from No 616 South Yorkshire Squadron were scrambled to the Dover and Dungeness area of Kent and found themselves in a fight with Messerschmitt Bf 109s.

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