Ju88 can give you fits if you doin't set up the attack right. Was on last night and noted some contacts around our refinery south of the "pocket." I upped in an La5 and went hunting. I spotted two low cons and put the nose down to catch them. One turned out to be a wounded Ju88. The other climbed and worked it's way behind me. I got impatient and made my first approach too fast and steep and over shot the Ju. Did the same thing the second pass, as the Ju88 was manuevering on the deck. I got icon on the 109 that was the other contact, coming in hot on my six, so I was forced to break off and engage the 109. Pinged the 109 good, causing black engine smoke, and as I tried to stay on his tail, that darned Ju88 was trying to saddle up on my six to help his "escort" out (just who was escorting who, I wonder
). Finally, the 109 went in and I extended to try to get back on the Ju88. He choose the better part of valor and broke off for his base, which we had slowly been drifting towards. I was low on gas (short legs, that La5), so wisely decided not to press the issue...that and the Ju88 was comfortably in his own ack field by then.
Nice fight. I don't have much luck defending myself in the Ju88, but this guy was making maximum use of it's dubious strengths. Salute!
