Spitfire IX is a nice pick!
Now back to that Bf-109E7/trop. They are clearly inferior to any Spit, except climb performance.
here's a touching story
They simply where inferior to the spit :/
just as the spit suddently became inferior to the FW190
Then came Ze Spitfire VII and IX
Und den ze BF 109 G came
and then tally ho came various heavy powerd spits(Like napier griffin engined spitfires)
Meanwhile the italian airforce remained superior in everything