Originally posted by MrRiplEy[H]
loser it was common practise to disable the gunners first on the buffs in order to get peace to kill the engines etc. parts of the plane.
Was it? I asked my father about that; he was there at the time (B24 nose gunner). From what he said fighters didn't try to snipe much of anything except maybe the nose, where you had a pilot, co-pilot, bombadier, navigator, and a gunner. Even at that they were aiming for the aircraft, not for one (or five) people in it. Things were a bit different when the bullets were real and people were actually trying to kill you. The time available to pick your target and hit a specific bit of aircraft was highly limited.
Remember it wasn't one fighter and one (or four) bombers; it was several fighters and a many bombers. Some times the fighters would form up just out of range of the bomber's guns and watch the formation, looking for a weak spot. The gunners would all sit in their turrets (of tails, or waist positions) with their sphincters all nicely puckered waiting for the fighters to turn in and begin their runs. (I suspect the fighter pilots were pretty well puckered, too) Snipe the gunners? Yeah, right. The bombers in formation to the left, right, above, and below will turn your aircraft into window while you peacefully shoot at engines, etc.
I've heard the stories from someone who was there and survived. It ain't nothing like AH. Not even close.
AH is fun.
Now, get two fighters and make a coordinated attack a bomber. Dead bomber. Bye bye. Better luck next time, ol' bean.
Personally I think your whine for being selected as WoW (SE) deserves honorable mention for yet another WoW award. Go buy a sense of humor, eh?
