Another question for TD..

[Treetop64]

Originally Posted by gaunt1

+1

Also experienced this, last time I chased a 190 in a Yak-9, with same results as you described. Also happened with A6M vs Wildcat.

Arguably, in most cases the FW190 will win in a dive vs. just about anything else, especially against Russian planes, particularly the Yak. Same for a diving F4F vs. A6M.

But I have to agree with BC, as I've sometimes witnessed the same things in early Eastern Front campaigns, and though the Bf109F2 far outdives everything else in the early missions, the I-16 or I-153 I'm chasing can often pull very sharply out of the dive, whereas I have to just keep going on my way in the 109 because I either quickly black out or break the airplane if I try to stay behind the other guy.