[notafinger!]

I am in agreement with Farber about the AAA on ATAG. Just yesterday my 109 was cut in half by bofors over Manston and on multiple occasions I've seen people lose wings at high alt just cruising. I have little interest in flying bombers on either side as even a high speed pass over a target will get you pk'd or have a major control surface destroyed. The flak on both sides is insanely deadly. If I'm flying blue and I'm being chased back across the channel, I just drag them to the Oye-Plage target and it's game over for them.

The problem is the accuracy of the faster firing small caliber guns and the composition of guns ATAG's mission builders are using. There are these odd blocks of AAA over bases/targets with 1 large caliber in the center surrounded by 8 smaller caliber guns. Because the guns are so close together they tend to fixate on a single target no matter how many enemy are in the vicinity. Over Hawkinge you'll often see a single 109 getting all the AAA while 2 or 3 buzz about without a single puff going off near them. If the guns were spread out a little more and the ratio of large/small caliber guns tweaked it would be more believable and more planes would come under a smaller amount of fire.

Also, you can't really tell people to stay away from the bases considering there are bases & targets all along the coast of England. The fact is there are very few red pilots who come to France or even venture out over the channel forcing blue to come to red most of the time. So with the exception of the Blenheim boys, most of the red fighter pilots haven't really experienced the might of the AAA. Come to France more often and you might begin to sympathize with what Farber is saying.