Do you think are the best fighters that currently play the game or have played recently
Depends on your context of "
best".
For many, it comes down to: who is the best at flying cautious for about a day and rack up a high K/D ratio then switch all remaining sorties on all planes to Attack. Because K/D is the gold standard that "
good" pilots are measured by in this game. It could never be skewed or mis-interpreted.
<== That was sarcasm BTW.Another definition\context might be: Who would you find the most challenging at co-altitude?
Too many to name. Off the top of my head:
Bruv119
Greebo
Dolby
Zack1234
TwinBoom
Latrobe
Debrody
Another very valid context is in the boom and zoom. In this I think
Rocky is a precisionist in the P-51. He's not going to fly a 51 like a zero. Not saying a 51 cant do other ACM. Just saying I've seen him retain enough E to take out 4+ fighters in a span of 2-3 minutes multiple times.
One who combines boom and zoom with other ACM to great effect is
Jayro in his F4u.
This opens up other contexts. Who is the "best" in X or at X.
* Flying ___ planes.
* Flying early war planes in late war etc. etc. etc.
Who is the best pilot I ever saw though? Your looking at him. <== jk Had to put that in. You guys know why. (Line from "The Right Stuff")