If you read Rudels biography it seems he thought Russian fighters were little more than an annoyance to be dodged on your way to the drop. On more than one occasion he landed to pick up downed comrades despite the fighters still being above and returned home still dodging with someone sitting on his lap (and presumably his gunners). His superiors banned him from doing it after the first few times but he did it anyway.
As for the 110, its turning circle was not a lot better than the Blenheims. The blenny has a very low wing loading and high lift aerofoil wings so turns quite well. I once stayed on the tail of a desperately jinking low E 109 for at least 60 seconds and was able to get enough bullets into him from my one crappy wing gun to shoot him down. If anything is over modelled it is probably the strength of the airframe; the aerodynamics would theoretically allow good maneuverability but in reality the wings would break if you used it all.
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