F6F's loss ratio was inevitably assisted by the fact that by late 1943 most of the decent Japanese stickmen were dead or (rarely) captured, and the aircraft were obsolete or obsolescent. The few decent aircraft the Japanese were able to field were hamstrung by tactics, inexperience and a lack of Avgas.
I don't think it was a better fighter aircraft than the P51D for instance (or others).
Last edited by Mk 1; 24th Feb 2013 at 22:50.