Admiral Beez
Banned
Indeed. I wonder what Willy Messerschmitt would have developed had the spec for the Bf-109 been for a single engined fighter capable of flying from the German border to London and back with time for combat. For starters this German P-51 would have likely scuppered the Bf-110 concept.It should probably be remembered that the A6M was designed the way it was because of the limitations of the available engine, and the power limits of that engine. The Germans had better engines, and the ability to produce them in numbers that the Japanese could only dream of.
That said, the Germans really should have developed a better fighter sooner than the Fw190A, which if it had been around is your Battle of Britain war winner. Thankfully for the Allies it wasn't available until 1942
For that matter, even better drop tanks would have done wonders