Geez, how can one seriously kid himself?
8th AF formations (and I'm sure the same was true for 15th AF) did not, could not, take evasive action once committed to their bomb runs. Most of them came out of the ack on the other side of the target. I don't believe that is so in AH.
- oldman
I don't remember ever being shot down in a bomber by CV puffy ack when flying >=20k. When attacking CV groups in bombers, I fly at 9-12k. At that altitude, losing a bomber due to auto puffy is quite rare, while I'm frequently being killed by manned 5" guns (which do have radar fuses, which Germany had not).
Only over the new strats I do get occasionally a critical hit, but rarely one that outright kills a drone. In 29's it's even better: I have made 12 missions to the strats in B-29s so far (all with formation) and haven't lost a bomber to puffy so far, the worst case was one oil hit with resulting loss of one engine.
And unless there will be some additions to fire control or gun placement beyond what we do have in beta, the field 88 will just be a minor annoyance to bomber operating at high altitude. However, Lancs passing over the base at 10K, which is quite the "standard" for AH, will get wiped out a lot if the 88's are still up.
