Help with Il-2 1946

Originally Posted by TheGreatHonker

When attacking bomber formations attack from above, dive down on them and use your momentum to climb back up above them.
Aim for the engines/wings to, like where the wing meets the fuselage. If an engine is on fire it's usually a garuantee that the plane is gonna go down.
And when approaching bombers head on try and fire into the cockpit. If you have limited ammo shooting into the cockpit and shooting out engines can make the difference between 2 or 5 kills.

The hardest part about attacking bombers for me is crashing into them.

Ill keep this in mind, any other tips guys???

[Schwieger]

That seems to only work against AI bombers. Human pilots tend to do a much better job of fending off fighters and getting high enough interception becomes a problem.

[Arclight]

A lot of bombers have blind-spots as well, directions that aren't covered, as well or at all, by gunners. Get into those gaps and you can afford to come in with less speed from any angle really.

I guess in cases where there's only the tailgunner bothering you, you could make your first pass at him. Without gunners they're just sit- flying ducks.

[Schwieger]

I refer mostly to American heavies. Gunners every which way. I've yet to find a blindspot... top covered by top gunner 3 and 9 o'clock by waists... You only get one pass at the front, and I rarely even get this pass

Originally Posted by Schwieger

I refer mostly to American heavies. Gunners every which way. I've yet to find a blindspot... top covered by top gunner 3 and 9 o'clock by waists... You only get one pass at the front, and I rarely even get this pass

But if you were to say, coordinate with another pilot on attacking from two angles from say the bottom then you'd make the gunner choose which would ultimately lead into a hit from someone wouldn't it?

[Schroeder]

That's how they did in in real life (or at least tried to...). Fly with a wingman. The gunner can only shoot at one of you. It's pretty difficult to coordinate that though because both fighters have to be in firing range at the same time and there are usually escorts around.

Noticed today, that I haven;t been playing on full realism, pretty much evertyhing except no map and or icons, unlimited ammo, and no wind or turbulence and or flutter effects.

So should I go for broke and start learning in full realism right away?? Because I turned on flutter effects and I gotta say that one sucks (Where the plane bounces everywhere without even shooting) I mean I could barely keep my plane under control without there well enough with it.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by Schroeder

That's how they did in in real life (or at least tried to...). Fly with a wingman. The gunner can only shoot at one of you. It's pretty difficult to coordinate that though because both fighters have to be in firing range at the same time and there are usually escorts around.

The formation flying of bombers is to both cover the ground adequately but moreover to provide all round defense, easier in a B-17 than most others during WWII.



Here are the arcs of fire, extend those out to their effective range, then add in a second and third aircraft. You're buggered Your only hope is to catch them unaware, but once you've woken them up...