Yes, I realize there could be mock fights, that's a LOT different than what Connie said though isn't it, and that's my POINT. He referrenced, specifically, that the Spits/51 couldn't shoot down the 109 in the circumstances he was discussing, that's plainly obvious, and the root of my comment - others with just as much time as Connie, even vets who flew the 109 IN the war, have disagreed with what he said in the clip. I can link in 10 quotes from books written from 109 pilots that have info which disputes what Edwards said, videos too.
"Shot down 72 times", as in 72 different film takes of blowing smoke, spinning/etc, simulating being shot down for the film, that was a completely different part of the clip than when he described the advantage he felt the 109 had over the allied fighters. Again, he specifically said that the Spit/51 couldn't shoot down the 109 due to its high speed turn performance and, that in climb rate that it could outclimb both by 2000fpm+. It's plainly obvious that when referring how 3 WW2 fighters perform in combat in the "shoot down" sentence, specifically talking about who can shoot who down, he was talking about the war.
