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Me 109 Research Paper

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The Messerschmitt Bf 109, also known as the Me 109, was a short, sleek German plane. It could climb and dive faster than British planes, but could not turn nearly as well. The Me 109 could reach up to 398mph with a maximum altitude of 39,370. The Me 109 had a wingspan 32.5 ft and 32,984 were built. The Hawker Hurricane, a British plane, claimed more than half of the German planes shot down during the Battle of Britain. The Hawker Hurricane had a top speed 325mph with a maximum altitude 34,000ft. The British plane had a wingspan 40ft with a total of 14,533 built. Radar worked by sending out a radio wave and analyzed the reflected wave once it bounced off objects. With radar the user was able to know if any submarines, ships, or planes were

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