Belgian airforce adopts the Fokker G1 as first

How did they stack up as an airframe in general? Wiki gives a fair combat record for what little combat they saw, but what about the overall airframe performance? It appears underpowered with the OTL engines, but assuming Merlins or Kestrels...

Maneuverability: Is it more on par with a Me-110, or more like the P-38 it superficially resembles? The twin-boom should help in that area, but it's a lot heavier than the Lightning considering the added crew.

Performance: with the ATL engine upgrade, how would it do for climb/dive? Better on the latter I'd assume.
 

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How did they stack up as an airframe in general? Wiki gives a fair combat record for what little combat they saw, but what about the overall airframe performance? It appears underpowered with the OTL engines, but assuming Merlins or Kestrels...

What is it with the inline engines? Contemporary radials like the Cyclone, Twin Wasp and Gnome 14 were as powerful as a 38/39 Merlin. And probably simpler to install.
 
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