In a simulated dogfight, I'd love to go up against Saburo Sakai with him in a later model zero and me in a La-5 or La-7.
I think one of the most challenging fights would be versus Ilmari Juutilainen, the Finnish ace. He had 94 kills, 34 of them in a Brewster Buffalo. He spent pretty much his entire career fighting superior aircraft and winning anyways. Like Richthofen said, "It's not the machine, it's the man". (Or something to that effect anyway)
Another great fight would be the 25 or so highest scoring WWI aces in their personal planes vs me in a Pitts Special Armed with miniguns, lol!
But in a real dogfight I'd go with winny's idea. It'd be incredibly easy and satisfying, lol!
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