il2crashesnfails Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Below is a situation that i find myself in alot. Getting attacked while in the process of landing. Did i do right thing? what else should I have done?  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallcott Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Below is a situation that i find myself in alot. Getting attacked while in the process of landing. Did i do right thing? what else should I have done?  Stop trying to land with enemy fighters about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomTweak Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Yeah! If it were me, I think the choice I would make would be to keep duckin'-and-dodgin' at the best speed I could until near "Home Base", and then hit the silk. The Brits didn't shoot fellow aviators out of the shroud lines. They were after the machine, not the men in it. On the other hand, if you bail out, the machine is a total loss, whereas when you brought it down, there were parts that could be salvaged. Maybe an advantage to a total loss. Those are just my thoughts. I get so few of them any more... Pat☺ [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Had a thought...then there was the smell of something burning, and sparks, and then a big fire, and then the lights went out! I guess I better not do that again! Sgt, USMC, 10 years proud service, Inactive reserve now :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallcott Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 An aircraft - and its crew - are at the most risk during take-off and landing. What kind of pilot would risk both by attempting a landing in the presence of enemy fighters? Seems like more naivety that real warfighters don't suffer from. For long... If there are enemy aircraft around, go somewhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il2crashesnfails Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 Problem is Im usually in a bomber and know its only a matter of time before the fighter catches up to me :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndoe12345 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Hit the silk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallcott Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Yeah! If it were me, I think the choice I would make would be to keep duckin'-and-dodgin' at the best speed I could until near "Home Base", and then hit the silk. The Brits didn't shoot fellow aviators out of the shroud lines. They were after the machine, not the men in it. On the other hand, if you bail out, the machine is a total loss, whereas when you brought it down, there were parts that could be salvaged. Maybe an advantage to a total loss. Those are just my thoughts. I get so few of them any more... Pat☺ I think you would find that was true of pilots of unoccupied countries. Poles and Greeks and other escaped pilots of the Nazi and Axis took a different view... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il2crashesnfails Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 I think you would find that was true of pilots of unoccupied countries. Poles and Greeks and other escaped pilots of the Nazi and Axis took a different view... interesting how the poles did their part in the BOB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallcott Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 interesting how the poles did their part in the BOB Yes, renowned for pressing home an attack, no matter what. Being regarded as sub-human and having your families carted off to camps by your enemy tends to focus ones' mind somewhat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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