Sorry, let me clarify. If I engaged the lower La7, the fight would likely progress to the deck until I could slow him down enough for a tracking shot. Then the F4U would drop down like a Peregrine falcon. So I figured I would rather face the F4U and at least prevent him from getting me in the aforementioned way. The P-47 guy was part of a posse that swarmed me the sortie before, so it was fun to reverse him too.