The F6F was my first love when I started the game, and needed the .50 cals to actually hit anything. And to tell the truth, it's probably still my favorite to fly and fight in.
But in the MA, I'm all Yak, all the time. The Yak combines most of what I liked about the F6F, with blazing speed on the deck. When I fly the F6F I worried about Alt, and energy. In the Yak, I just point hte nose at the fight and head there on the deck.
Then I discovered the elephant gun, which I have't played with much in AHII, but had a ball with in AHI. Nothing like watching planes explode from 1 ping.
-Sik