Lagopus..........the Spit and the Hurricane did just fine, but only on the island or over the channel....no range at all for either of those machines......so they didn't pave much....only kept your island from being invaded, which was quite a big deal at that......but Bomber Harris needed something to escort the Lancaster's.....and when the U.S. showed up, we needed a B-17-B-24 escort machine...and the Mustang did the trick..."all the way to Berlin and back".......after that, the Luftwaffe was finished, as were the German's.................
The Spit and Hurricane had an altitude (height) problem, the ME-109's had superchargers, the English machines did not...so the 109's preferred to fight high, the Brits preferred to fight low....(where the Spit ruled).....kinda like the light weight, short chambered Brit double guns...?? Your best bragging machine was by far the "Mosquito"....a machine the German's just could not catch.......
I like British guns as well, just think they are over-priced when over-here.....don't care for all the "ginger-bread" (engraving...modest is o.k. IMO).......and I still think the "shooter" is more important than the gun.....
As mentioned above, A.O. would have done well with any gun I think....she was one of those self taught country girls, who shot to eat...and became quite good at it....you know, "shoot 'em in the eye to save meat"..........
Tallyho---
