Originally posted by hblair:
I actually like the idea. It would require the goon driver to seek useful fighter escort.
The exterior views on bombers make up for all the gunners eyes, the C47 didn't have that.
If a higher plane approaches a buff (b17/lanc/c47, whatever), no amount of fighter protection will prevent the fighter from making one pass. You can be thick as fleas, all armed with Hblair's 'tater gun' or quad hispanos for that matter.
A C47's best defense is stealth. You don't want fighters near you.
The kill of a goon is immaterial - a ditch is just as good (better in some ways) than a kill so far as goons are concerned.
AKcurly