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Originally Posted by JtD
It would still be able to extend using negative g manoeuvres. Maybe the Hurricane was the superior dogfighter down low, but I don't think it was the superior fighter aircraft.
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No, it wasn't the overall equal of the 109E, and at high altitude was at a severe disadvantage, but then the main role of the Hurricane (and Spitfire) was to shoot down Luftwaffe bombers, and engaging the fighter escort was a very secondary task. The 109E had a favourable kill ratio over either RAF fighter because they were trying to engage the bombers while the 109s were, largely, freed to bounce the RAF fighters from above.