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Originally Posted by majorfailure
Though VS. B-24 or B-17 this does not work. But using high or beam or head on attacks with good speed one nearly does not get hit. I have seen a flight of AI B-17s chopped up by AI Bf109G6s from behind with no losses once or twice, but most of the time the AI Bf109s lose one or two. And they more or less park behind the B-17s.
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Yep. While I think that there's more to be done with gunner realism, things got a lot better in 4.11. My typical test is a QMB mission with 4 ace attackers going after a flight of 16 Average bombers. In those cases, it usually works out to 50% losses on both sides when late war German types go up against U.S. heavies. And that's with really dumb tactics on both sides. (i.e., Fighters never make high side or head on attacks. Bombers are always in loose echelon right formation with four planes per flight, and lose formation as they turn.)