Comparison: Fw 190D and Hawker Tempest
Shortly after the war the British became interested in the performance and evaluation of the advanced German Fw 190 D-13. While at
Flensburg the British Disarmament Wing wanted to see how this fighter would perform against one of their best, a
Hawker Tempest. Squadron Leader Evans approached Major
Heinz Lange and asked him to fly a
mock combat against one of their pilots. Lange accepted, even though he had only 10 flights in a D-9.
[80] The mock dogfight was conducted at an altitude of 10,000 ft (3,000 m), with only enough fuel for the flight and no ammunition. In the end the machines were evenly matched. Major Lange assessed that the outcome of such a contest greatly depended on the skills of the individual pilot. At the time Lange was not aware that he was not flying a D-13 but rather a D-9. The same "Yellow 10" (Wk. Nr. 836017) that was previously assigned to
Geschwaderkommodore Franz Götz was used in this evaluation. "Yellow 10" was further subjected to mock combat when on 25 June 1945
Oberleutnant Günther Josten was asked to fly a comparison flight against another Tempest.
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