I would have told Lyme to tuck in tighter and then blasted him with my guns.
Reminds me of a time when I got into a fight with a Spitfire and removed part of his wing. Figured he was going to go down so I broke off but was surprised when the player regained control and started to fly off towards his base, nursing his damaged Spitfire along the way. I then dove down and flew next to him off his wing all the way to his base, waggled my wings in salute and broke off as he approached his base. I watched as he lowered his gear to get ready to set his damaged Spitfire down on the tarmac and then maneuvered so I saddled up on his six and as his landing gear was about to touch down, I blasted the crap out of his plane for the kill. I laughed so hard (as did the other guy), it left my stomach sore for a few days.