Many thanks for your work. The table is impressive.
Just two notes:
I-153 was indeed very vulnerable plane. According to German reports, it used to get fire quickly if hit by MG from the side.
Regarding "unfair advantage" of late USAAF fighters... Well, if P-38 does have any advantage it is annuled by ridiculous fragility of horisontal stabilisers and tail beams.
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Q: Mr. Rall, what was the best tactic against the P-47?
A: Against the P-47? Shoot him down!
(Gunther Rall's lecture. June 2003, Finland)
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