Italy v. England - Air to air

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Saetta, I am sure whoever posted that was only kidding. That is why they included the smiley...

[tomo pauk]

Too late for the show
September 1943: Italians have the 'series 5' fighters on hand, decent machines, in pretty low numbers. Speed circa 390-400 mph, fair climb & punch, decent combat range.
RAF has Spitifires, most notably Mk.V, VIII, IX, and small number of XII. Mk.V is almost a match for Italians, while three other ones are better in speed & climb. Mk.VIII has much better range than others from both sides. The Typhoon has most of it's bugs ironed out, so it's a good fighter by standards of second half of 1943.
RAF has the edge here, both in quality and in quantity of it's machines.
Luckily, the Germans conceded war is over back in 1940, choosing not to invest in a factory or two of DB 601s/605s. Just imagine IAR-80 with 601, or a real quantity of Italian fighters sporting 601/605 early enough, or Avia B-135/601 built for allies, or Ki-61 with healthy ~1400 HP in 1943... Or simply more 109s.

[SLAAKMAN]

Oh man the mighty SLAAKMAN???? Dude get into the real world please. This is not about video games...

Now calm yourselves gentlemen, calm yourselves. No need to get kneejerk & over-react here. Few appreciate the glory of Regia Aeronautica more than I do;