Just like in that other puffy ack thread a while ago, that feeling is entirely psychological. If given an infinite amount of time to collect data points, the 262 would have the lowest ratio of puffy ack deaths in this game due to how fast it travels and the way ack works.
Thing is, you forget it when your B-17 takes a big plink. You kinda get irritated when your fighter takes damage. You get pissed when it kills your fighter. Tantrums result when 200+ perkies are lost to AI. So, it's just more memorable, not truly more common.