I Want my 4.09 Spit FM's back.........

[winny]

BoB Spit vs 109 arguments are always hard to nail...

Let's not forget that it was a very fluid time in development terms and features were added as they were produced. The germans knew what their advantages were which is why they would attack, dive away climb back up and try again, very few would deliberatley enter into a turning fight (except the aces who knew they could beat Spitfires any way).

That's the thing, too many German aces said they could easily beat Spitfires.
It's been said that a great pilot couldn't get much more out of a Spit than an average pilot because it was so easy to fly, whereas a great german pilot could get a lot more out of the 109 than an average pilot could. Use of the slats to deliberatly stall the plane to escape a Spitfire seem quite comon among the German Aces from what I've read, along with a few other 'tricks' that only the top men could perform.

It will be interesting to see how the diving away tactic works in CoD, depends on how much speed is lost when the Spit engine cuts, if it's realistic there are going to be a few frustrated Spitfire pilots about.