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Originally Posted by MaxGunz
Johnson in a P-47 had a contest with an unknown pilot in a Spitfire.
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This combat is described in Robert Shaw's "Fighter Combat" and has been discussed on other threads on this forum (
vis a vis the relative merits and performance of the P-47 series). Johnson was able to beat a Spitfire IX using a P-47C in a mock dogfight using Boom and Zoom tactics.
Fortunately, the AI behavior for IL2 is nicely models this encounter and usually uses good tactics. Set up a 1 vs. 1 head-on fight between a P-47D-10 vs. a Spitfire Mk IX in the QMB, at about 5000 meters of altitude, give the Spit pilot Average AI, give the P-47 Ace AI. Hit Autopilot as soon as the encounter starts, switch to some sort of external view and watch the fun.
Unless the Spitfire and the P-47 get a kill (or a double kill, or collide) during the head-on pass at the merge, usually the P-47 will be able to use energy tactics to get a kill on the Spit.
03-01-2014, 08:32 PM
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