There are plenty of historical references to He 111s returning to base with hundreds of .303 rounds in them.
Why do you think the RAF went to 20mm Hispanos as soon as they could get them reliable?
The.303 British cartridge, like all .30+/- inch rifle caliber machine guns were totally out dated relics of the WW1 era, as far as aerial combat goes.
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Personally speaking, the P-40 could contend on an equal footing with all the types of Messerschmitts, almost to the end of 1943.
~Nikolay Gerasimovitch Golodnikov
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