
Сообщение от
RB
"Still it would be good to have F4F which we are 100% sure to perform right on spot. I have my concerns about it. I've read for example, that USN pilots at Henderson in August 1942 would usually take off 1 hour before Japanese raid would arrive. They would use this time to climb up to 25-26000ft, which would give them advantage over Japanese formation. Then they would dive shooting down bombers, at speed where Zeros couldn't catch them... and then continue diving to disengage. Of course some Zeros would try catching them and some mixing up had place, but generally they seemed to avoid direct engagements and went straight for bombers in such situations.
Одно мнение и подтверждение того что F4F мог уйти в пике от Зеро