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"Solo fighting.
Solo fighting means one vs. one, or one vs. many enemy planes. On approach, you must always use the enemy's blind sectors. Try to attack with high speed. This reduces the enemy's time to spot you and maximises your ability to surprise him. The approach speed depends on the enemy plane type. If the enemy plane type is slower than your plane, use only slightly faster approach speed than the enemy. This maximises your shooting time.
In all attacks try to get to the enemy's rear sector, and when on the defence, use opposing flight paths.
If the enemy plane is an I-16 or I-153, use the following tactics. Initially climb about 500 meters higher than the enemy, because our planes are faster. During the approach stay right behind the enemy, because visibility to the rear sides is good from both planes. The approach speed can be quite high. Just before reaching shooting distance, slip to one side, so you'll be able to shoot him slightly from the side. When shooting from dead 6 o'clock of these planes, the pilot armour has often absorbed even the 12.7 mm bullets. (For example W.O. Alho shot his guns empty at a Chaika's pilot armour over the Seiskari Island without any effect. The fuselage skin behind the armour was ripped apart, but the plane didn't go down.) You have to aim well from the start, because the I-16 and Chaika are so manoeuvrable that you can't hit them after they have seen you approach. Their most common evasive manoeuvre is a fast 180-degree turn. When you notice that the enemy starts this manoeuvre, it's better to pull up and set up for a new attack. It is not wise to try a head-on attack, because the hitting possibilities are the same for you and the enemy. When you have the faster plane, always go for the rear sector shot, and don't risk a head-on. When you have shot at an I-16 or I-153 pull up very tightly. Never get in front of these planes, because they are both manoeuvrable enough to pull up behind you and take a shot at you. Never stay and turn with either one of these planes, because they are both much nimbler than our fighters.
The easiest one to shoot down of the enemy fighters is the Hurricane. It is totally helpless against us below 3,000 meters. It is slow and very clumsy and unmanoeuvrable. Whenever you meet a Hurricane, engage it in a turn-fight, where it is totally at our mercy. It is best to shoot this plane in the forward part of the fuselage when it almost immediately bursts into flames.
All the "pointy-nosed" enemy planes, LaGG-3, MiG-1, MiG-3, YaK-1, Spitfire, and La-5, require almost the same tactics. These all belong to a category of fast and not so manoeuvrable planes. MiG-1s, MiG-3s and LaGG-3s have been seen over the front lines. These planes have patrolled between 1,000 and 3,000 meters, which is their optimal fighting altitude. In addition to these planes, the enemy's newest types have patrolled over the Gulf of Finland.
The only way to fight and succeed against these types is to bounce from above. Start shooting only at a very close range. The typical evasive manoeuvre of these planes has been either a gentle turn or a split-S. If the enemy begins to turn, just pull inside his turn into a good firing position. It is not advisable to follow a split-S dive, just observe his moves and bounce on him again from the top. The lower you can force the enemy, the better. It is good to give the final blow on the deck when the enemy can't dive away any more.
The "pointy nosed" planes usually shoot from afar trusting the hitting power of their cannon. In such a situation, don't perform any harsh manoeuvres that would bleed your speed. Keep your speed up as long as possible.
Don't go head-on against a cannon-armed plane, but always try to hit the enemy from his front sides (1-2 and 10-11 O'clock1 ) at low deflection. One hit on the engine from the front is often enough to do some damage and get the engine to malfunction.
The Russkies almost always try to shoot straight from the sides, too (3 and 9 o'clock1). The evasive manoeuvre is in this case the same as when evading a rear quarter shot: a fast turn into the enemy. When the Pe-2s and YaK-4s (?) started to appear on the front lines, they were too fast for our fighters. The Curtiss Hawk squadron then developed tactics to attack the bombers from the front. That is almost the only tactics against them unless you are able to bounce them from above. The well-armoured Il-2 requires especially good shooting. The only vulnerable areas of the plane are the top of the canopy and the wing roots, where the armour is thinner. The shooting must be very accurate and thorough, because the effective target area is only about 2 m2. Be careful not to fly in front of this plane after shooting, because it is quite ready to pull up and use it's cannon on you.
For example Sgt. Lehtiц shot at an Il-2 near Koivisto, and made the error of pulling into a shallow climb in front of it. The Il-2 raised it's nose and shot the Brewster down. "
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