I was coming in from a CV in a D-hog heavy yesterday, trying to get alt. to drop my ords in an attempt to get a GV base near the coast, the CV was close in so I was trying to get my alt. on wep pulling near a stall. I look above me & see a P-51 so I level off to get some speed. I see him invert & tip his wing to drop in on me so I flip over into a shallow dive & dump my ords. He was on me so fast I didn't build up much speed & was forced close to the deck within seconds, my two or three jinks left me with no E at all turning with flaps trying to avoid him. - I died.
If I was in an FM2, P38-J, P-47-D11, P-40, F6-F, Hurri II, Hurri I, A6m2B, F4-U-1, D3A, C205, Ki-61 ... u would have died just the same.
I upped again in a seafire & promptly ran into an La-7 with alt. & speed. This time I out turned him, got him low & I was in his six about 800 out with him extending (apparently) on wep. He was slowly gaining distance when I saw a squaddie of mine in trouble with a 190; I asked him if he needed a hand, he said yes, & I broke off to help him out. After the 190 got my partner & I got the 190; I look back to see tracers & the La 200 off my six. - I died.
Want the truth ... in this sortie ... your SA sucked and thats what killed you ... not the La-7 ... it could have been a ... FM2, P38-J, P-47-D11, P-40, F6-F, Hurri II, Hurri I, A6m2B, F4-U-1, D3A, C205, Ki-61 ... u would have died just the same.
Both instances were all my fault & it wouldn't have mattered to me if they were flying those planes after paying the few perks they would cost when they killed me.
Glad you realize that it was your fault ... so basically, your reasons for wanting to perk certain planes is moot for the reasons that I gave above ... u would have died just the same, regardless of what the other guy was flying.
So you want to get a warm fuzzy feeling when dieing, due to the fact that you died to a "perk" plane ... and ignoring the reality that you might have died cause the other guy is better than you or you need further improvement.