The aircraft wasnt obsolete but the tactics for which it was successful (boom and zoom) were taken from it by tying them to the bombers.
Quote from the Me110 Tactical trials
para 54 The Hurricane 1 and Spitfire Vb were able to turn inside the Me110 at all heights.
para 55 The initial acceleration of the me110 in a dive was better than the Spitfire and the Hurricane but both were able to catch the Me110 and hold it with ease.
para 58 The angle of climb of the me110 is steeper than the Hurricane I and the Spitfire but these aircraft should not try to follow the me110 in a climb as they will not be making the best use of their own rates of climb, which in the case of the Hurricane 1 is equal to the Me 110 and in the Spitfire is considerably superior.
The Spitfire in the test was a 5b but if a Hurricane 1 can match the Me110 I am confident a Spitfire 1 will as well.
In a turn fight a 110 had very little hope of shaking off a Spit or Hurri..Being taken off operations the reason was simple..
Replacements were not keeping pace with losses.
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