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Q: What's the best world war two fighter to fly A; P-51 @USArmy @usairforce #P51, #WWII @POTUS

Chief test pilot Eric Brown said «If I were in a dogfight, I'd prefer to be flying the Spitfire», when comparing it to Mustang.

He'd never make it to Germany so he's basically saying, he'd rather stay comfy in England than go fight the Germans on their soil and defeat them

No, that’s not what he is saying at all. Obviously. He is simply making a qualitative judgement, based on his experience and knowledge. He was probably too decent a man to point out that Spitfires were taking on the Luftwaffe in 1940 while you were staying comfy in the US.

You're welcome. Had we not come over or done lend lease you'd be tweeting in German

Not disputing that. Merely pointing out that your tweet was conflating two issues. Eric Brown was just expressing a preference for the Spitfire in a dogfight, as you were for the P51. He was not saying he’d “rather stay comfy in England”.