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Originally Posted by Mundschenk
In my opinion, if one plane flying in the landing circuit is attacked, or even better shortly before it is attacked, all fighters in the circuit should stop circling and engage the attackers. Maybe except those who are already preparing to land.
Gives me another idea: could it be possible to issue a radio command to the own AA protection of the airfield to prevent them from firing? I can't count the times I was shot down by friendly AA guns while closely chasing a fighter over my own airfield...  |
Sounds sensible, but don't count on it. Back then pilots didn't have comms with AA guns. For a fighter pilot to issue an order to ground AA guns batteries when and who they should fire at isn't terribly realistic, to say the least. However, it would be nice to see the AAA take things a bit easy when a friendly aircraft is within very close proximity to the guy they were shooting at.
Of course, like everything else, a lot depended on the individual gun crew's skill and experience levels, and they just might keep right on firing anyways, or even mistake you as an enemy aircraft and shoot at you until someone realizes the mistake and stops...
Happened a lot.
11-28-2012, 05:54 PM
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