Messerschmitt

In the Philippines, as children, my brother, I, and my cousins made cardboard models of warplanes, like the Zero and the Messerschmitt. We strung them to the ceiling of the library room.

In July 1940, the Luftwaffe in France had 656 Messerschmitt 109 fighters, 168 Me 100 twin-engined fighters, 769 Dornier, Heinkel and Junkers 88 bombers, and 316 Ju 87 Stuka dive-bombers. Against this, the RAF had only 504 Hurricanes and Spitfires for the defence of Britain.