Here are the K/D stats from “The Fight for Japan”, aircraft kills by type only, may include kills of GVs and boats, may include kills from previous set-ups during Tour-8 if plane-type was included (not 100% sure).
ME-262 - 2.66
Temp - 1.39
LA-7 - 1.25
Yak-9T - 1.03
Yak-9U - 1.03
F4U4 - 0.76
Spit-14 - 0.64
IL-2 - 0.51
B-26 - 0.39
P-51D - 0.36
Over all “Russian” K/D = 1.54
Over all “Allied” K/D = 0.65
Me-262 K/D against type:
P-51D - 8.0
B-26 - 5.0
Temp - 2.14
Spit-14 - 2.11
F4U-4 - 1.75
My main ride this week was the 262. I would like to Salute the “Allied” pilots who learned how to effectively deal with jets through out the week. At first, achieving kills in the 262 was as easy as one might expect, like vulching air to air. By the end of the week, however, I found that fighting in the 262 was much more difficult. I’m guessing that the Allied pilots learned how to deal with the following 262 fighting issues.
- SA, 262s are so fast that you can’t let your guard down. A no-icon dot can come into lethal range very quickly, especially with the shorter Icon ranges of the CT.
- Compression, When prop-jobs are compressing, the 262 still turns relatively well.
- Altitude, I saw Allied pilots higher and higher later on in the week. I spent more and more of my time running from F4U-4s and Temps later on in the week as well.
- Break-Timing, In general, breaks from my 262 attacks were better timed later on in the week. Earlier, they were too late.
- Plane Choice, I saw more Hogs and Temps 262 hunting later on. Both are better choices than 51s and spits.
During the middle of the day on Wednesday, I checked the 262s overall stats. I think, that it had 198 kills to 63 losses. It ended the week at 205 kills and 77 losses. If my memory is right, that’s a loss of 14 Jets for only 7 kills. (I lost 2 of these 14 Wednesday night to Sehob’s Stit-14, Sehob!) WTG prop drivers!
eskimo
