DerAdlerIstGelandet said:You also have to look at the fact though that the 109 was better than the Zero. Atleast in my opinion.
You get no arguments from me on that. Still eventhough the Zero was comparativly unarmored, I think in a fight they may have been pretty evenly matached. Firepower was compariable and while the 109 may have been faster, the Zero was more manuverable. Also by '38, even with the Condor Legion, the JAF and IJN probably had a lot more combat veterans than the Luftwaffe. I would also dare say that many Luftwaffe pilots, in the beginning would have probably done the same mistate USAAF and RAF pilots did and try to turn on Zero.
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