I give all credit to the A6M-5 and am glad that I wasn’t flying the P-40E. Although I consider the A6M-5 to be a superior plane to the P-40E, I was amazed at how difficult it was to kill you P-40 guys. I saw the few advantages of the P-40E used expertly against my Zero. Slow scissor, dive acceleration, better turning while the Zero hits compression, top speed and HO/guns advantage usually were common and smart tactics and the P-40s had more control of the fight than I would have guessed. If I would have been flying the P-40, I think I would have been dead meat; salute! I was fun.
The most memorable event of the night however, was my first friendly collision ever in seven or so years of playing AH! (I think).
eskimo