Ground attack tips, IL-2 Sturmovik?

[Jumoschwanz]

AAA can be a tough one. It seems like you are more concerned with the fast firing short range AAA and not the big flak guns for taking down big bombers.

Speed is a big help. Approach the airfield from altitude so you can get some good speed up in a dive. Fly fast and straight at a point away from a AAA gun and turn towards it at the last moment possible and shoot it out, then climb away and set up for the next one.

Bombs or rockets from a greater range or alt always give you a better chance at survival than strafing.

Try not to expose the plane of your wings to the line of fire, keep them a thin profile for the AAA gunner.

I would come in steep and fast from altitude and hit the most troublesome AAA first with bombs. Getting one out of two or three AAA guns out in the first pass exponentially increases your chances of survival on the second and third pass. Having a wingman attacking at the same time also greatly increases your chances as it will divide the AAA resources or distract them.

Usually on the Eastern front the lone IL2 Sturmovik did not fly around solo attacking German airbases. Doing so is not historical, so you will not get historical results.