Well...I managed to avoid the stall problem...mostly...still very twitchy controls, all I have to do is move the stick half a centimeter and the nose pitches up and the stall noise starts. I also managed to see the targets...about five minutes after everyone else, and only because I happened to glance in my rear view mirror.
However I still had trouble hitting anything, something the bombers rear gunners had no trouble at all with. So, expend all ammo and return to base with a cockpit full of black smoke.