Yes, remember that last episode of "Dogfights", concering operaton Bodenplatt?
A P51 pilot makes a deflection shot on a FW190. He is far inside convergence, he hits both wingsroots on the 190, 3 .50 calibers working on each wing.
This caused the wings of the FW 190 to break and "fold" up, almost like some sort of carrier plane, trapping the unfortunate pilot in his plane! The FWs high-G turn probably did help break the wings off, but still, 3 .50s weakening a wing to that point? That is pretty darn effective. This and countless other accounts of a single good burst doing fatal damage to enemy fighters make me think AHII's take on stopping power and gunnery is more accurate than IL2s.
What I mean about some aspects of IL2s FM being superior, it seems to me that AHII airplanes do not suffer from speed, either in control stiffness or structural damage. I think one of the major reasons that some planes seem so much better in AHII than real life accounts would lead one to believe is that they don't suffer any penalty in rate of turn at practical maneuvering speeds. 110 is a good example of this, I believe I read somewhere that it had a smaller mininum turn radius than the 109, which makes sense. considering the big wing. However, other readings suggest that the controls were just too stiff to have a good turn rate at practical fighting airspeeds, so that it would have had a hard time turning in offense/defense. Or take the 109/P38, 190/P51 dichotomy. In Aces High, the former are pretty much superior to the latter. Yet the latter planes were produced, effective, and feared, so they must have some advantages, one of which I suspect was control effectiveness on the high end of REASONABLE airspeeds.
AHII 109s for example simply do not suffer signifigantly in control authority until past 400mph IAS or so (after which it quickly enters compression, which I don't understand, I thought 109s actually had a fairly high critical mach number). Having controls that DON'T stiffen up at these monstrous airspeeds isn't really much of an advantage in a dogfight, because the black out limits you to barely turning anyway, and because you have to power dive to get your plane that fast in the first place. Whereas in IL2, I notice a reduction in turn rate in 109s and P38s starting at around 270mph. 190s start to stiffen around 400. Even the might P51s and P47s don't turn real well as you creep close to 500IAS. I have a gut feeling this is more correct than AHIIs take.
Also, in AHII the only aircraft I've ever been able to damage from dive speed (as opposed to pulling Gs) in the 262. Seems like the rest of them can power dive from the stratosphere and never suffer any structural damage until they hit the ground. The net effect of this is that structural strength in a dive also doesn't mean much of an advantage in AH. In IL2, even the Jug starts to shed parts at 560+ or so. The 109 can't turn very well at these high speeds in IL2, but it does SURVIVE them well without compressing and becoming a lawn dart. Taking advantage of superior structural strength in a dive is actually a viable escape tactic in IL2. Once again, from what I've read, I suspect that in this regard, IL2 is closer to reality.
