That really puts a hamper on your flying experience.
Effs up your day, big time.
The fuel tubes ran down each side of the cockpit, and would frequently rupture at altitude, spraying that crap all over the inside of the cockpit.
He’d never have a chance.
Brass balls to fly those things. But they’re Germans, and they invented Brass Balls, so...
They also had the Arado 234 Blitz Bomber, and the HE-162 Salamander “Volksjaeger”. ANd of course, the amazing Messerchmitt ME-262 Schwalbe (Swallow).
All jet powered.
Adolf Galland, who was both a propeller and ME-262 jet ace, became the CG of the Argentinian Air Force after the war; he’d flown both the ME 262 and the British Gloster Meteor, which became operational right near the end of the war.
He was asked what would have happened if the British Meteor ever came up against the German ME-262 in combat; his response was:
“We would have swept them out of the skies”.