Yep. Ace pilot tracks you in his six, ace pilot has good experience at what distance it gets dangerous for him. And ace pilot won't do you the favor of letting you pull off a non-deflection, nicely-lined-up kill shot. You get that straight out of your head right now, it won't do you any good.
If you want to get kill markings easily handed over to you, you might try going after bombers instead. Though I've heard that they are also, magically, un-downable, too
P.S.: Rookie AIs still get it most of the time, judging from my 1946 experience. The *fail* percentage is just higher... well, contrary to our days, they didn't let *everyone* take off in a fighter plane back then
