BF-109f4 vs. Spit16

[Oldman731]

What really interests me is the Spit5 vs F4 match up.  It's very close

Back in the day, AvA occasionally ran a rolling plane set - 1940-45 - compressed into just about a month.  I was surprised how long the Spit V v. 109F matchup lasted, seemed like forever.  But it was a very close thing, and both sides got pretty good at using their planes' advantages.  You were pleased when 1942 rolled around and new a/c started appearing, but the fight was never again as equal as it was in 1940-41.

- oldman

[PR3D4TOR]

Speed > Climb > Turn

When the Bf 109F-4 entered service at the end of the Battle of Britain in 1940 it was beyond any doubt the best fighter in the world. A year later it was still the best, until it was dethroned by the Fw 190A, and later the Spit IX in 1942. It was in this one year period of 109 supremacy that Jochen Marseilles amassed his impressive tally of victories in Africa over The RAF/RAAF/RCAF/SAAF Spit V's, Hurricanes and P-40's.

Speed and climb rate allow you to dictate the terms of any engagement.