so last night, in mw, it was mostly the few knights fighting the couple bish. i was the only rook on for a bit....although during my bomber flight a few more rooks logged in.
i took lancs up, climbed to altitude, and headed into enemy territory. i didn't go more than about 2 sectors deep, as i wasn't in possession of that much time, but all i felt like doing was learning the new bases a little, and dropping radar towers as i've mentioned before.
whelp........i was about half way through my run, when i saw a spit rolling down the runway(through my bombsight). i didn't pay him much mind, as i figured i'd be back in friendly territory by the time he climbed to me, and even then, my lancs were faster(or so i thought).
he caught up to me, and it turned out it was a spit8. he rushed his attack, as i think he was trying to get to me at the drop point, so he'd have some shots at me while not in the guns. he didn't make it. i dropped, manned the guns with him 1.5 out. he must've thought that i wasn't in the guns yet, as he went straight at the lead plane.....i smoked him pretty nicely, he dove out of guns range, and flew out front, as if that was safe.....hit him again, he circled, and settled in again my 6 high.....dove, and died.
2 bases later, i see a p47 climbing to me. it seemed to take him longer to catch me in that plane, although i thought they were faster than spits. by the time he was nearly in range, a friendly came to cover me.....the 47 downed him(thanks chevss <<S>> it was much appreciated). during their fight, me being low on fuel now, i made a run for the nearest friendly base. the 47 caught up with me again, and flew through the ack, as now 3 friendlies tried to catch him, to allow me to land.
he ignored them, planted himself on my six, slightly low, and that was when i discovered i was out of ammo in the tail. no problem......man the top turret, and bank the aircraft for the shot.
between the 4 of us, we took him apart. (it was the same dude that came for me in the spit8). i ran out fo fuel at about 1 mile from base, at 1500 feet. glided in, landed safely, and exited.
none of that would've happened with the old radar, as no one would've spent the time looking for a bomber that they couldn't see. since i was almost constantly on the enemy's radar, i got a little bit of fighting. even if he'd have shot down all of my bombers, that would've been fine, because at least i got a fight.