LT,
I'm not sure if its me your referring to as the F4u chasing u down, but earlier in Blue, I did the exact thing.
I was winging badace and we noted a 262 aprx 5.5k out , co alt (8k)...I'm not sure if it was you, but i was in a F4I'd and my wing in the perked hog.
He came in for me, surprisingly didn't ho../claps....and after missing his gun solution went into the vertical. I kept going straight at aprx 400 mph and extended. My wing then made a HO pass with him and neither fired, then again he pulled into a steep right bank, at which point i had already come around , again going at least 400, and when hit hit the top of your turn, all his e blown, I climbed into him from 2k out and put a 2 second burst from 6-800 out smoking his (rt?) eng. After this he extended out and we assumed, ran for home, but we noticed the smoke trail coming back around. We had a little alt adv. at this point, and we kept it as he dove for a lower friendly (vMauri, apologize for spelling sir). The 262 missed a shot with him, and with the eng soon to run out of oil, me and my wing, followed along hi, eventually taking a heading to the nearest airfield assuming he was going there. The 262 flew threw two of his friendly v bases trying to shake VMa, and as he was nearing his friendly field, he had gained ground on vMa, and began a slow left turn to head for home. we cut him off, and from about 6k I dove straight down ahead of him, pulling out with the 262 about 600 out, speed was in excess of 500 and i gained within 1k, at which point i had to dodge a k4, and something else. Chased the 262 threw base ack, and then he made a extremely slow (guessing engine was out) right turn to try and get me back though base ack, I fired another 2 second burst landing some good hits mid fuselage. Alas he didn't go down, but then base ack finally took my wings off. I'm assuming my wing finished him off, because the whole while he stayed hi. i really don't know who the 262 was ,being i died then had to leave immediately, but respectfully whoever this was needs to learn a 262. Sharp flat turns and drastic vertical maneuvers, are a no no. While you can accelerate relatively quickly , the 1-2 second where you slow to normal air speed, leaves u vulnerable.
Not trying to sound like a jerk, but just wanted to state that its all about the situation and the pilots involved. A plane is never guaranteed to outrun anything in every situation. Even in WW2, there were 262 pilots shot down by pony's and other planes, simply because while your obviously faster in a level flight, If a plane drops 6k , and levels right on your tail, its a high likelyhood he can keep with you a good distance....especially if you do anything other than fly level or dive.
<S> All who fight in the clouds....or on the deck...
Condor