If they were still on the runway, or low enough, they may have been able to get a landing.
No way one would make it back, I blew his wing off and he was away from the runway. In fact I heard him explode.
Yesterday I thought I definitely tagged a p38 and he was smoking and exploded as he hit, no assist no kill. And another time I just upped at a field and got a kill without firing a shot and many other friendlies were closer to where he exploded. Gets weird when so many players in the same vicinity.
.SAPPmode then .denyhits and .snd_explFor SAPP members only.