I always try not to die. I hate getting shot down. When I go up, I'm up to get kills and bring them home again.
However I also tend to be a little aggressive and keep pushing for them.. As a result, I usually end up ending a kill streak with something incredibly ridiculous (not of my making). It was either this or last tour while harassing four F6Fs and an F4U-1 with a squaddie in a pair of 4-Hogs that I bought it when diving on the -1, and the birdcage pulled up at the last minute. RIGHT INTO ME. We both took the collision nose-on, and there was nothing I could do to avoid it. Similar thing happened while toying with a Spit in my 1A. This past Saturday I was making passes on a formation of Ju-88s. Had one drone down, the leader smoking, and as I made a close pass the remaining drone warped right through my plane and took my wing off with a collision.
My best was I think 28. Before dying in some similarly unbelievable fashion.