How successful is the plane in general in that solid usage?
In raw usage (K+D) it's currently ranked # 42 out of 93 planes in this years stats. Ahead of planes like the Yak-U, Ta 152H, 109G-2&6, Ju 88...
It's overall K/D is rather low at 0.61, but it has a much better records vs bombers (3.81).
Far from being the "best" fighter in the MA, it still sees quite a lot of usage as you can see.