Hurricanes were the real workhorses in the battle of Britain. At the speed and altitude of german bombers the 109 lost its best advantages. If the fw 190 had been availlable
in serious numbers. or if the germans had am6 zeros for bomber escort the brits would have been in deep dodoo
There are many opinions about the best fighter aircraft of ww2, the british will say the spitfire and americans will go for the p51 or the f4u, others may
recognize the technological advancements of the me 262, but the most successful was easily the me 109. Just look at the list of top scoring...