i dont believe this can be ever answered or made 100% accurate.
relying on historic data or pilot accounts is a bad idea as the number of people let alone ai which fly in a manner close to or even based upon history is very rare. especially in th eonline environment i rarely see anything like what would be described in mission reports or pilot accounts.
also relying on scientific data is not easy as we would have to actually get us some b17s or mock b17s and do live fire tests while the plane is at a realistic altitude and moving at b17 average speeds.
So unless someone has the money, resources, time, and somewhat of nothing better to do, then i cant say it will ever be possible to make a plane behave 100% realistically. Just get your crate in the air and shoot down some planes, instead of theorize about a neverending problem....
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