[Vision]

I don’t know if the Zero was superior to the Wildcat, but who wants to fight an even matchup?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

According the History Channel's Dogfights the Zero outclassed the Wildcat in every category except "Durability". The Zeke did not have self sealing fuel tanks and could not take much punishment.

Wildcats would try to engage Zeros nose on where their advantage showed. "Don't dogfight a Zero" was the motto.

The Hellcat ("Zero killer") outclassed the Zero in every category except turn radius. The Hellcat had a 19 to 1 kill ratio highest of any aircraft in history. It shot down 12,000 enemy aircraft, the most of any U.S. model.