how to handle the spitIX??

[IceFire]

Something else you can practice offline... setup some C-47s and use them as target practice.

Get to the point where you can cripple or kill a C-47 in a single burst of cannon and machine gun fire with virtually no missed shots. In reality there will be some shots that go astray but you should not miss with most of those shots.

Work your way towards doing that in combat. Find a target, setup the shot, kill it and keep going. What kills you is zooming around trying to get a few hits. The Spitfire and the Hispano cannon combination is great for killing almost anything in the first pass.