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Originally Posted by pstyle
The spitfire has an advantage, unless it tries to use it.
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Great summary.
I guess that's the way he put it, but it boils down to the statement that the faster plane generally holds the advantage. This remains true in turnfights. The 109 has the choice to maintain the higher airspeed at a lower corner velocity, the Spitfire has the choice to maintain a higher corner velocity at a lower airspeed, so the 109 can maintain the initiative.
It should be noted that on Crumpps chart the 109 has a level speed advantage of ~18 knots, however representative that is for a BoB scenario.