What is the best way to kill bombers?

[Laurwin]

Obviously, best attack tactic is to attack the weak spot, identify bomber, remember the weak spot and attack the weak spot...

e.g. with sturmoviks, attack underneath

high aangle snapshots seem to be somewhat ineffective, even with relatively good hit rate. (44% hit rate seems to be what I had in a mission against some AI bombers admittedly)

Reason seems to be, that unless you hit the pilots or burn the fuel tanks, the bomber keeps on going.

Pretty much this is the case, and even in high angle attack passes (66-90deg deflection)the AI gunners will still hit you all the same.

So what's the point of doing that, when with smaller angle attack pass (under 45deg), you can aim better and actually disable the bomber with aimed fire at the engines or controls?

I'm talking about attacking bombers with .50cal armed fighter aircraft. (not the German mk108 30mm)

For instance Allied fighters such as Mustang or Lightning or Thunderbolt intercepting German Ju88 or Japanese G4M.

I was attacking the bomber formation aalone though... right up there into the edge of the formation

I suppose that frontal aspect attacks are also quite good, the angle tends to be smaller and you still have good firing time, to allow for more damage, and both engines are more exposed. Same with the pilot and cockpit.