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I don't think it was all about gun calibre size, they could of armed a fighter with a gun the size of Mons Meg but if it had not of been able to survive it's own attack then it would have been part of the problem and not part of the solution. The Spitfire XIV had the speed and agility to evade the escort fighters, a big part of the problem that the Germans had was that their fighters were being lost along with their aircrew in unsustainable numbers due their inability to fight or flee from the escorts, had the Germans possessed a fighter that could attack and clear off without being shot down then this would have allowed their pilot strength to grow. I think Dowding and Park had it the right way around with regards avoiding contact with fighters. The Spitfire XIV could have been a poor mans ME262.