Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Battle of Britain tactics vs the Japanese Message-ID: <1990Dec8.222406.28016@cbnews.att.com> Date: 8 Dec 90 22:24:06 GMT References: <1990Nov20.021615.27073@cbnews.att.com> <1990Nov21.221654.20431@cbnews.att.com> <1990Nov27.044525.3091@cbnews.att.com> <1990Dec5.030403.6197@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 21 Approved: military@att.att.com From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) >From: Wu Liu >... The Tigers stuck primarily to Claire >Chennault's tactic of hitting and running in their P-40s, while the >RAF pilots, veterans of the Battle of Britain, tried to turn with the >Japanese. Tsk tsk. Poor tactics, regardless of the opponent. Much better to size up the situation carefully, make a single hit-and-run pass, and reconsider the situation carefully before making another (should it be necessary), carefully avoiding dogfighting at all times and never getting greedy. Should these seem like wimpy tactics, consider that they were the preferred tactics of Erich Hartmann... the greatest ace of all time, who scored 352 confirmed kills between 1942 and 1945 without ever getting hurt or losing a wingman. -- "The average pointer, statistically, |Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology points somewhere in X." -Hugh Redelmeier| henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry