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Old 07-14-2012, 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by arthursmedley View Post
. Both RAF and LW accounts share a remarkable commonality in their fear of the bounce, the acceptance that most pilots shot down never saw their opponents and the acceptance that following an opponent round and round and round in a dogfight would invite a hail of lead from an unseen opportunist.
Very true, and the vast majority of RAF fighters were lost this way, as their primary task was to attack the bombers, thus leaving themselves open to being bounced, however this doesn't excuse Clod from poorly modelling the performance of RAF fighters.
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