What is going to make this fun for you?

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Originally Posted by SKUD

I only flew a half dozen or so of these frames unfortunately but I remember one in particular-throwing my 6 FW190s against at least 60 B-17s piloted by human pilots. Quite an awesome sight when they first pop into view. The same awe felt by the LW pilots in defense of the Reich. Imagine what 600 looked like. We did like they did. We went in and did our job the best we could and try to get back alive.
I think most of us are attracted to this genre because we kind of wish we had been there and could become that part of history. Of course its nice not to face real death. It's also neat to see real life results emerge from a simulation.
-SKUD

I remember those days. And let me add that this was the type of mission where P47 and P51 really shined the brightest. You faced them @8000m and there was rarely anything you could do other than run for your life. And it very true that a huge B24/B17 formation looks fantastic. You group up with your mates in a diamond and take em head on from above. It suddenly begins to rain with yellow tracers everywhere. You place careful deflection and let em rip with 4-6 MG151/20 cannons. You exit out of the bomber formation range and are immediately jumped by 2-3 fighters. Amazing.

I also witnessed other missions, where the fighter escort was lured by 2nd fighter group, which left the bombers unprotected. What a feast it was. One by one, the fatties fell from the sky, rarely with burning engines, often completely torn apart. Luftwaffles took their turn and so on until the ammo ran out.

Same I can say about simulating desperate LW offensive missions in Normandy, such as airfield raids. I mean I knew it was all lost already, but I couldn`t help but take 5 of them down before they made me bail out.