That is exactly why I said 2 vs 2... I wouldn't BnZ with my wingman the F6F I'll just put them into a trap each time they try to get on ours 6.
Good luck with that....
190D has better sustained turn ratio on high speeds - I mean at lets say if F6F would try to turn with Dora at 250-300mph it would loose energy while 190 would keep it. It would allow to attack you and than extend being covered by a wingman.
Your wingman will be very busy trying to stay alive. It will end up with two 1v1 fights, until one screws up. Then it'll be two on one, and time for the surviving Dora to skedaddle while the gittin' is good.
I for example wouldn't try to fight in a hard turns or running pure vertical maneuvers but rather manage high speed fights controlling attack and extend.
That's what I meant about half sector extending. Run till there's enough separation to reverse (usually a climbing reverse). But, all that means is another merge, and then another, and another until the F6F pilot falls asleep from the boredom.
Flying as a team would require entirely different tactics... We practiced such things once with our squadron and almost always when I met a team that works together they are very dangerous. Dora for F6F is almost what 262 for Mustang
The difference isn't nearly that dramatic.
Too bad the F6F-6 was discontinued (the F8F was selected instead, and superior in every way). Basically, take an R-2800 C series engine, and the prop from the F4U-4 and install it in an F6F-5. 425 mph, 4,200 fpm climb and the maneuverability of the Hellcat. The -6 would have been in the fleet six months before the F8F-1, but the Navy felt that the -5 would be adequate until the Bearcat was deploying to combat (mid August of 1945).