I have (had?) an old film somewhere. I had many films. Folks that fly it have noticed it before. Odd hits that land nowhere near the pilot end up in instant death, as if the pilot were killed.
I had set up an "early war" 8-player room and was playing a 109E and a boston III alternately, and when I was the 109E the Boston died no matter where it was hit, and when I was the Boston I popped mysteriously so many times I quit. This has been around forever. I recall many many threads on the matter over years and years of reading thsi forum. I don't think it needs testing. Most folks know about it (like the missing-flaps-aren't-gone thing, most already know about it)