I was flipping though Janes "Battles with the Luftwaffe" and the Me-410 is a significant presence in the book. The trouble I have with the other selections is a similar counterpart already exists. In the arena of jets, this is not the case, imho it is about country representation. I am of the opinion that for each country which produced aircraft that fought in WWII, should have the apexes of their development lines represented. The no kidding best fighter circa SEP 39 and the best fighter circa Summer 45', by country. Let the peanut gallery sort through whether or not it was the "best" through voting.
Did a Meteor ever face a 262.... likely not. Did a P-47M ever cross swords with a Japanese fighter, likely not. Irrelevant arguments. HT has said this is a game using WWII planes, not a simulation of WWII combat (weak paraphrase).