Robert Johnson flew P47s in the 56th Fighter Group. Below taken from Wikipedia but the basic story has been told in several other sources including the history channel:
One of the 56th's worst setbacks occurred on June 26, 1943, when 48 P-47Cs left a forward operating base at RAF Manston late in the afternoon to provide escort for B-17 Flying Fortress bombers returning from a mission against Villacoublay airfield in the Paris suburbs. As the P-47s approached the rendezvous point near Forges-les-Eaux, they were jumped from above and behind by 16 Focke-Wulf Fw 190s of II Gruppe, JG 26. The first pass scattered the Thunderbolts, and Johnson's aircraft, flying at the rear of the 61st Squadron's formation, was seriously damaged by a 20 mm shell that exploded in his cockpit and ruptured his hydraulic system. Burned and partially blinded by hydraulic fluid, Johnson tried to bail out, but could not open his shattered canopy.
After pulling out of an uncontrolled spin and with the fire amazingly going out on its own, Johnson headed for the English Channel, but was intercepted by a single Fw 190. Unable to fight back, he maneuvered while under a series of attacks, and although sustaining further heavy damage from both 7.92mm and 20mm rounds, managed to survive until the German ran out of ammunition, who, after saluting him by rocking his wings, turned back. His opponent has never been identified, but Johnson could have been one of three victories claimed that day by the commander of III/JG 2, Oberst Egon Mayer. After landing, Johnson tried to count the bullet holes in his airplane, but when he passed 200, including 21, 20 mm cannon shell impacts, without even moving around the aircraft, he gave up.
While Johnson made it back to crash land at Manston, four other pilots of the 56th FG were killed in action. A fifth, able to extend only one of his plane's landing gear struts, had to bail out over the English Channel and was rescued north of Yarmouth. Five other Thunderbolts suffered battle damage. Johnson suffered shrapnel wounds and minor burns to his face, hands, and legs, and was awarded the Purple Heart. He resumed flying missions on July 1.
To my point: Seven P47s suffered battle damage and returned. Four were killed in action. Granted, I don't have evidence how they died but it seems to be a real stretch to think that they were all pilot wounded and died when they bled out (which is what AH assumes). Most likely their planes blew up or were so severely damaged that they could not bail out. Again my point is that AH has a) too many pilot wounds assigned b) that are modeled with the pilot blacking out inceasingly over the time of the remaining flight. There should be other creative ways to model pilot wounds that don't involve the accelerating black outs. We have already had one good suggestion with the sloppy controls. I would add another possibility: a change to the visual to simulate pain but not a black out. The visual bounces a few times with appropriate sound added. Kind of like a migraine simulation.
