Cobras, Mustangs, Thunderbolts, Eastern vs Western front, Franek vs ...

[Franek Grabowski]

It is hard to shot down a nimble aircraft, sometimes impossible, but does the fact that Camel outmanoeuvered Hurricane in a mock-up dogfight make it a better fighter? Or if EE Lightning had some problems to get on Spitfire, does it mean RAF should rely on the latter type?
The war is not fighting dog fights but killing the enemy. Germans just did the thing as described, engaging or disengaging at will, and their better aircraft allowed them to do so. It would look just the same with the western powers.