if you could dogfight anyone in the past or present who would it be?

[haitch40]

me the red barron (forgot his real name) in ww2 planes see how he copes and then put both of us in f22 raptors and see how he does would be interesting

[bunkaboa]

Originally Posted by haitch40

me the red barron (forgot his real name) in ww2 planes see how he copes and then put both of us in f22 raptors and see how he does would be interesting

Red Barron : Manfred Von Richthofen

[FOZ_1983]

I would have to go up against a relative rookie to be honest.


Someone like adolf galland or sailor malan would simply wipe you out, it would be no challenge for them what so ever, so you probably wouldnt learn much. I'd like to fly the dogfight and see whats going on, perhaps learn from it.

[kozzm0]

Richthofen didn't dogfight unless he had the advantage. So if he didn't shoot you down quickly, he would just fly away.

Werner Voss might be more willing to fight you. He singlehandedly attacked a whole squadron of the best Allied aces, and did well but then was shot down and killed.

But I would test my skills against Hans-Joachim Marseilles. Marseilles shot down more Allied planes in ww2 than anyone, mainly because he developed an amazing ability to aim at high speed. He used to bring one wingman and attack defensive circles of Hurricanes. He would dive on them, and even when they were below the fuselage he would get the exact amount of lead and destroy the target at the first pass, then fly away. His wingman was mainly to cover him as he flew away.

There are higher-scoring aces than Marseilles, but their totals included lots of Soviet planes which were initially both inferior and badly outnumbered. Marseilles made no scores during the Battle of Britain, then finally figured out how to shoot and racked up over 150 in North Africa.

[haitch40]

a japanese ace would be nice to fight

[Wissam24]

This sounds like Fight Club. When they both ask each other who they would like to fight.


I wouldn't like to dogfight anyone. War is terrifying, I am not a pilot and the only people famous enough to be named and thus included would absolutely batter me if I was

[haitch40]

Originally Posted by Wissam24

This sounds like Fight Club. When they both ask each other who they would like to fight.


I wouldn't like to dogfight anyone. War is terrifying, I am not a pilot and the only people famous enough to be named and thus included would absolutely batter me if I was

ok so your going in the navy then?

[Steyr_amr]

Originally Posted by haitch40

me the red barron (forgot his real name) in ww2 planes see how he copes and then put both of us in f22 raptors and see how he does would be interesting

I imagine the latter engagement would result in a draw as both of you were sat on the runway trying to figure out how to perform the take-off procedures on an F-22. At least until he got bored, drew his pistol and shot you lol.

Assuming this is a mock dogfight, I'd choose to go up against anyone with similar flying experience as me in any aircraft we could but fly. The closest matches are always the most enthralling.

[Dr. Laplace]

I would fight against Giora Epstein in his Nesher.

[Soulsurfer]

I wouldn't want to dogfight anyone. I prefer to live and not take anothers life