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Once again the subject of German carriers has reared its ugly head, which set me to thinking. Was there a single engine fighter in World War 2 that would have been less suited to carrier operations than the Bf109T?
It suffered from:
weak undercarriage
ground handling issues due to the splayed legs and toe in on the wheels
appalling visibility from the cockpit due to the heavy framing of the canopy and the fact that it was impossible to open the canopy in flight.
short legs it inherited from the 109E. It had a range of just over 400 miles on internal fuel, with no allowance for combat
The only pluses I can see are that basic servicing should be nice and easy as it was with all 109s, and you can remove the wings and it will still sit on its undercarriage.
So, was there a worse option amongst the panoply of WW2 single engined fighters?