[Finny]

I correct myself from what I wrote earlier -- the Daimer-Benz powered ME 109 could make it to England as a bomber escort, but couldn't stay for long because it would run out of fuel. It also was less maneurverable than the Spitfire.

Rolls Royce powered bouth the Spitfire and the legendary P-51 Mustang. They both had long-range capabilities and coudl fly deep into enemy territory.

Interestingly, many, many of the things we enjoy in our cars today, such as disc brakes, fuel injection, and turbochargers, came out of WWII aviation. Those things were on war planes first! Then they went to cars!

[Vectorian]

'I correct myself from what I wrote earlier -- the Daimer-Benz powered ME 109 could make it to England as a bomber escort, but couldn't stay for long because it would run out of fuel. '

A valid point, but from 1940 to 1944 they only had to fly from their airfields in France, not Germany to attack England and that flight could be as little as 22 miles. Us English had to fly all the way to Germany to bomb the nazi homeland.