re: #122 LGoPs

Exactly….one of the advantages when you’re defending home base, so to speak. An interesting bit of trivia is that it’s arguable that the Battle of Britain was lost because of the lack of an auxiliary/droppable fuel tank on the ME-109. They were short legged and thus didn’t have any appreciable loiter time over England to fully protect their bombers……

Very interesting. I knew the ME-109’s had a short time on target, but didn’t know it was because of the fuel tank configuration. Thanks.