Originally Posted by SEE

Every pilot, be they Axis or Allied attested to the Spits flying ability.
Disregarding the BoB, at the end of the Malta aircampaign the attrition rate was 1 allied loss for every 10 LW/Italian confirmed kills. Beurling (Spit Mkv) scored 3 BF109 kills and a Ju88 in one sortie with 29 Kills over the few months he was flying in that campaign - that tells me more than any data sheet!