Cannon ammunition in fw190 wings being "ignited" p51 50 cal fire.
Look at some of this footage. I think catastrophic failures like these with realistic probability of occuring would be absolutely heart racing when they do happen. Combine that with a nasty boom and shockwave through your "buttkicker" feedback mounted to your flight seat - woo hoo!
You can just about feel the intensity of some of those violent explosions.
I think it is currently modelled in IL2 but the wing just kinda pops off - no satisfaction.
Surely the fw190 wasn't the only plane this occurred on. What about planes carrying bombs? Did any catastrophic events occasionally occur there?
Also, I second the previous poster who mentioned the running into flocks of birds - that would be realistic and intense.