P-51 Mustang vs. Fw 190 D-9

The P-51 Mustang and Fw 190 Dora 9 are surprisingly close in performance. It’ surprising because the Mustang had a lot of advantages in supercharging, fuel, charge cooling, and a big edge in production quality, but the Dora comes through with displacement, RPM, MW-50 and a decent airframe. I think just about every single article or video about the P-51 talks about how the installation of the Merlin engine turned it into a great fighter. That’s not false, but there is a lot more to it, and the US contr