There are a few early war candidates that could do a partial job, as @Zheng He said the P40 had pretty long legs, as did the Brewster Buffalo and the Westland Whirlwind, however all had issues with altitude performance and the Buffalo was as slow as shit. That said they could likely escort bombers almost to the Rhur.
Another, perhaps controversial, candidate is the Spitfire! The Mk VII and particularly the Mk VIII variant got the shitty end of the stick compared to the Mk IX in production terms. The Mk VIII had 122 gal of fuel compared to 85 gal of the Mk V derived Mk XI and fitted with a 90 gal drop tank or a variety of slipper tanks had over 1100 mile range, or a tactical radius of almost 400 miles.
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Edit; I found this on another forum:the Whirlwind flew escort missions as far as Antwerp, anti ship dive bombing raids with 2 x 500 pounders as far as Cherbourg and Rhubarb missions with 2 x 250 pound bombs as far as the northern outskirts of Paris.
The last mission of 137 sqn on 21st June 43 was a Rhubarb to an aerodrome at Poix Du Nord.
Don't forget the might Fairey Fulmar. Okay, not exactly a high performer but it had the range to get there. Again, stop gap...