p38 defense

[Woke Up Dead]

Originally Posted by dimlee

I can't imagine anyone claiming that seriously... despite my own love affair with Bf110 which I has flown hundreds hours in IL2.

Yeah, you have to be very disciplined and retreat and run for cover very early to have success with the 110. In 1942-43 it's faster than almost all allied planes on the Eastern front at 6000m+, so if you're playing on a realistic server you could take advantage of that. It can turn with P-47s, which will often surprise the P47 pilot. Its leading edge slats give it decent low-speed stability, but it's a brick at low speed. I had great fun flying it on a Norway map against P-40s, Seafires, Mosquitos, and P-38s, though I'll admit that a part of my success there was my AI gunner doing a job on the P40s and Seafire's glass engines.

It's one of those underdog planes where it's very rewarding to get kills and survive. But all single-seater planes and most two-seater two-engined planes fly better than the 110: Pe-2/3, Ki-45, Beaufighter, A-20...