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From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Nur Iskandar Taib)
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Subject: Re: Memphis Belle
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Date: 24 Oct 90 11:45:52 GMT
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From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Nur Iskandar Taib)
*>Incidentally, the German aircraft in "633 Squadron" look like real
*>Messerschmidts, but 108's, not 109's.  The Bf 108 was a light transport
*>aircraft, not a fighter.  It looks a bit like a Bf 109, but with a

I haven't seen pictures of the Me108 "Taifun", but
it supposedly had a pretty ellitpical wing like 
the Spitfire. R.J. Mitchell was supposedly influenced
by this. Taifuns were popular as personal transports,
so I hear. But if Me109s are scarce, wouldn't 108s 
be even scarcer?


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