A couple of questions about tactics and planes for the experts :)

[the_somme]

first off, i'd just want to say that a forum like this, where alot of you have so much knowledge and are so eager to share it with other people are incredibly hard to find. especially when it comes to video games. i'd say this forum and the brothers in arms forum over att gearboxity.com are the best.

anyway, here's a chance for you people to enlighten me even more. i spent a couple of hours yesterday reading about some of the highest scoring aces of ww2 and it amazed me how some of the pilots with 200-300+ kills never got shot down by another plane or even lost a wingman. how is this possible? i'd guess superior planes but to a greater extent superior tactics. but it still seems highly unlikely to never lose a wingman or get shot down during so many years and sorties?

i have come to the conclusion that the pilots must have been really calculating and good with probability-mathematics. if they knew they were in a bad position, maybe outnumbered or fighting against superior planes they would just trying to get away. but if they had the advantage they quickly engaged or jumped unawared pilots.

don't take my conclusion too seriously because i really dont have much of a clue

and another quick question: i've always thought that the fw190 was a better plane than the bf109 but reading about the aces it seemed like all the best german and also finnish aces were flying the bf109. was it a case of the bf109 were more common on the eastern front and met inferior pilots and planes?

sorry for the long post and if anything is unclear. english isn't my first language.