Although my late Father was a wartime Spit pilot and loved the Vb and IX that he flew - he also flew a captured Me 109 he would have swapped any of them for a FW190 in standard or long nose as both of them outperformed all aircraft and Mustangs which he also flew.
The Hurricane carried the main event during the war, the Spit is charismatic though and will forever remain the one in the publics memories.
So maybe call it a F...e

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