No! I was shot down in my P-40N just the other day by an "easy mode" P-47M. It should be perked!
I admire your spunk in taking up a Pee40 in LW but the sad fact is they just cannot compete with the plane set in there unless you are exceptionally skilled in that ride....and that's going to take a lot of seat time and patience. You might find it more enjoyable in the MW arena.
But we all know the good action is in LW so I would suggest that you fly the back bases doing your porking where to chances of being confronted by one enemy at a time is more probable (a wingman might not be a bad idea either). Also I'd suggest that you film your sorties and talk to a trainer to get you a few pointers on how to fight from a disadvantage. Learning how to save your energy while you force the bad guy to burn his, and learning how to create overshoots can mean the difference in winning and losing against a more superior aircraft.