I haven't seen anyone address Fork's example. He's right. Historical matchup was unbalanced in real life, as it would be imbalanced here.
How good are the CMs? As I have said many times before...start early war, BoF etc (axis advantage), and progress to late war...sure axis may be the under dog after the BoF and Tunisia but limit the ubber allied rides to certain ares...so to speak. At one point or another, the tides will turn and both side will have fun having some sort of advantage.....guess what, they also have the Tiger!
Same with PTO, the N1K2-J rules over all but the F6F. Any high George is a deadly Geroge. The fast ubber A6M5 aint no DAISY!