Let me make a comment here.
1st I certainly was "situationally aware". I had flown the triangle south then west then north covering 3 bases looking for a fight in general and the 239's in particular. With out question I have no reasonable expectation of a "fair fight" or is anyone under an obligation to offer one. All that being said we generally develop expectations specific to groups and individuals. Knowing that it was a particular squad and their love of aviation history and fondness for historic rides and the fact that they flew a couple of early/mid war rides in the LWA's I felt I had a reasonable chance of getting a fair fight.
My comment on 200 was in no way derogatory. Just surprise that none of them "called me out" to the others (not knowing how many were actually up and around). Had it been 71 SQD no way bat, RT, lengro, manny, brogy etc would have not all been going "mine mine mine" {the 71 battle cry}....but it would have been one of us. In no way does this mean that any person or squad needs to or should fly that way. I simply took offense to the comments on 200 vs a simple straight up "go pound sand" or some such.
So I have no issue with anyone disagreeing with my mind set or inclination. My simple response is that there has always been a strong history of "counting coup" both within the game and in real world WW1/WW2 aviation. Even in 1942 Savonof used to fly an I-16 over to the german bases and offer 1 on 1 combat. Surprisingly he was never ganged once doing so. So in then end my comment on 200 was one of disappointment, nothing more or less, that the circumstances didn't intuitively lead to a meaningful engagement.