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lesofprimus said:Saying a plane is Competitive is one thing.. To go and say that it was a "Match" is something completely different..... Seems like u changed ur opinion....
plan_D said:Wait...no, he's just said it...he thinks the Mustang is a better dogfighter...
plan_D said:You see, that's a standard thing of thinking that dogfighting is a turning fight. We all know it's not, and the Spitfire is a better dogfighter.
The Mustang can run away, do you know how hard it is to actually run away. It's not a case of putting your nose down and waving goodbye, because the acceleration wasn't fast enough. This thing has gone on before with the Hurricane Vs. -109 ...the Corsair Vs. Shiden...if the -109 could just run away (which it could, on paper) why did the Hurricane shoot so many down!?
plan_D said:In effect, RG, you just said if the Mustang failed in bouncing the Spitfire then it'd run away. GREAT DOGFIGHTER!
The Hurricane was a good plane. It was there to destroy the bombers, yes but it could and DID shoot down -109s and not always by bouncing.
Not every pilot thinks perfectly for every second of combat, the Mustang pilots would get into turning fight..or they'd just run away. What good is that? It's not a fight then is it.
plan_D said:The Mustang was an escort fighter, if it failed to bounce the Spitfire (which the Spitfire had good visibility, so it wouldn't be a slaughter as you think) and the Spitfire was intercepting, the Mustang would have to run away..so the Mustang has failed.
The Spitfire is on a fighter sweep, the Mustang had to run away so it's failed.
The Spitfire on escort, the Mustang had to run away so it failed.
plan_D said:The Spitfire was an interceptor, a dogfighter. It goes up to intercept the bombers, the Mustang is escorting. It HAS to keep the fighters off the bombers, so it has to stay and fight or the bombers are dead. The Spitfire can easily dogfight with the Mustang in this situation.
plan_D said:This isn't endurance, this is a dogfight. The Mustang couldn't just run away in a lot of situations. If the Mustang had to run away and re-adjust when defending the Fortresses, think how many more would be lost.
plan_D said:If it was as simple as you made out, then the Germans would have never intercepted the bomber formations. The roaming escort was effective, but in fact the Spitfire would not need to chase the Mustang. The reason being, unlike the Fw-190 and -109, the Spitfire would out-dogfight the Mustang, if the Mustang wanted to run away, it could because the Spitfire wouldn't need to give chase. It would just carry on to the bombers, while the Mustang is trying to re-adjust for its own advantage.
While it's re-adjusting, the bombers have been caught and slaughtered.
plan_D said:A clear advantage, so you're claiming that the Mustang was a better dogfighter.
In World War 2, planes could not keep up speed for long. The Mustang would need to slaughter on the first pass, and keep it fast by dropping lower and lower. The Spitfire didn't need to follow.