I took off in a F4U-1A behind a Spit. Climbing out I saw a ME262 off to my right headed for the Spit. I give him a warning and he was able to avoid the 262. The 262 then made a wide high turn and came back on my 6. I turned into him (yeah I know, a HO) and when he got close I started shooting. Just as I saw my rounds starting to hit, I blew up. No surprise there. I have .50s, he's got 30mm. I immediately took off again looking for the 262 but I couldn't find him. The Spit had departed the area as well. So I sent the 262 pilot a PM asking where he was. He said I had shot off his rudder and he had gone down too. We talked for a little bit, saluted each other and went about our way.
But this got me to thinking. I think I should have been awarded the kill on the 262 because even though I went down first, in fact died, I still was the cause of his airplane being shot down. The system must track your kills and assists during your sortie and then awards them to you when you end your flight, so the info is there. They just don't do it if you die. I think it would make more sense than giving someone a "proxy" (although in this case no one was close enough to get one).
Anyway, that's all I have to say about that.
