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Originally Posted by 335th_GRAthos
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In the game: YES! Because if I am high, I will decide when and where to engage, otherwise I just disengage and go away. Even if I engage, I can always chose to disengage, climb and get away from the battle.
If I stay low, I die (it is an option but it is still my decision)
I repeat my point: As long as I decide when I engage and when I disengage a fight, I rule.
Is it historical fact that the Bf109 can do that? I think it is!
(at least I never saw anybody of those people who posted million of pages from archives regarding planes' performance during the past ten years at Ubi-zoo and here, ever claiming otherwise).
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One problem with that view is that historically one of the main aims of the German offensive was the destruction of RAF fighters - in some ways the Luftwaffe bombers were the bait to bring the RAF up so that the 109s could get at them.
There are many instances of pure German fighter sweeps flying happily over England with the RAF refusing to engage.
On the other hand the primary goal of the RAF was destruction of Luftwaffe bombers or the breaking up of the raids. When the RAF fighters were committed against the bombers the 109s had little choice about whether to engage or not, even if they found themselves in a disadvantageous position. (which they usually didn't)
04-14-2012, 09:45 AM
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