I did my dogbuffing thingy in AW3. With or without gunners
Best was 32 kills in a 17 in RR eto, sole gunner with -->CO (CobraEye here in AH) flying, no other friendlies around. only 9 were vulches. we rtb'd after about 4 squaddies finally came to help clear the few remaining angry beavers off our 6.
In FR I'd often just frustrate the crap outta multiple bogies, often without a gunner. It was highly amusing to be chasing a F4u when I was "defenseless." It was always fun when I could get someone to gun. Quite a few didn't like to ride with me because I refused to fly straight and level.
Those who didn't mind had a blast, I hope.
'Vaders were chew toys... altho' it was fun to fly them sometimes.