Ive gotten tons of Pilot wounds in 38 ever since I made it my main attack airplane.
Why would I make it my main attack airplane then?
Because its so cool, climbs with ords so effeciently, and then after, along with the Yak, makes for probably the best 20 eny or higher fighter in a dogfight. There are some lower eny airplanes it stacks up nicely with.
The big secret to limiting pilot wounds is to keep dive bombing attacks as verticle as you can. Even with rockets. When I attack the ords on a medium base I come in upside down at about 10 to 12k and drop the two south end ords with 1,000 lb bombs. I then Immelman back up and over to about 5 to 6k and position myself right over the two N/W ords by the VH. I have my speed slow with dive flaps engaged so's I can pull out after releasing rockets. It takes a lot of practice but remember you have 10 rockets to use for 2 ords bunkers, so thats 5 volleys of 2. And try to attack so's your angled away from the target after the drop.
Dive bombing in the 38 takes a bit more finesse cause if you come in to fast you cant pull out. Coming into heavy ack when flat is suicide too. I believe the 38 is actually the 2nd best Jabo to attack GVs with cause its manuverable and you can climb out quickly again to attack with your second bomb. The absolute best, at least for me, is the Hellcat. But its slower, you only have one engine, and can only carry 6 rockets. But the Hellcat is a fine climber with ords too which puts it a little notch above the Corsair. But all the Yank Jabos are great dive bombers.
Try it tho, try keeping your attacks verticle and I'll bet your 38 success goes up.
