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shoot at center of mass, just like self defense shooting. on a fighter that's the wing root into the fuselage which just happens to be where the pilot is.
Никто не Забыт (No one is Forgotten)Ничто не Забыто (Nothing is Forgotten)
Convert plane to scrap metal, if pilot gets tagged in process, that's the luck of war. If pilot leaves plane, he gets to live to fight another day. Going after a heavy, take out the gunners, just like a flak suppression mission before killing the plane. View that as self defense. If bomber crew bails, they get to live to fight another day. I can agree that if I observe a pilot not playing nice, he gets singled out for the same treatment he is dishing out.
John
In the savagery of war, and not being a pilot, my moral compass swings to let him ride to maybe fight another day Von Richtofen allowed enemy aircraft and crews a pass if thier guns jammed or ran out of ammo, it's only "sporting" but if the swinging pilot was shooting with his service weapon well, a bullet is a bullet and ANYBODY can make a "one in a million" shot. Odd that it's ok to shoot paratroops but not pilots. A humorus twist, would we wait for a deer or bear to arm themselves before we made sausage or burger out of them?
we're modelers it's what we do
If you think about it...paratroopers vs pilots bailing out is not that odd. See previous explanations in this thread or the link I posted.
Ain't no thing to stay away from bears I hope I never see on while I'm out hunting. Deer are just plain delicious.
-Josiah
When I was in the police academy, I was taught to shoot for center mass. In a warbird, that's where the pilot is.
Greg H
"There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell." Gen. Wm T. Sherman (11 April 1880, Columbus, Ohio)
The pilot can't kill you; the plane can....
,,,and remember to wrap some ammo belts around some of the bombs to provide plenty of shrapnel
Was that ammo belt for more shrapnel really done?
Yes, it was,,,,,photos are in various books showing Marines loading planes,,,,,,and in some South Vietnam photos of T-28s and the like.
Rex
(not an apology, just an explanation, but, knowing what did and will again happen to any landing craft full of Marines steaming for the beach, I am fairly comfortable with my stance on this topic)
almost gone
You shoot to destroy the pilot & his machine. It's the pilot that makes the machine do it's job. Once you take out the pilot, he can't come back with another machine to continue his mission.
Devil Dawg
On The Bench: Tamiya 1/32nd Mitsubishi A6M5 Model 52 Zeke For Japanese Group Build
Build one at a time? Hah! That'll be the day!!
the doog The pilot can't kill you; the plane can....
That's the same as saying "the person doesn't kill; the gun does." Baloney!
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