More newbie questions - this time: anti-air tactics.

[ppk]

So what's the word on that? I've seen quite a few articles about evading early war & late war DDs but the ones I read didn't say much about anti-air at all. Can you fight your way out on the surface with the big quad flak you can get in late war or is it just not worth the risk? And what about early war? I haven't encountered many aircraft so far and only one has attacked me (and damaged my boat..). My crewmen definitely need to improve their marksmanship because they couldn't hit it at all and i got bombed... survived though, but i was still damaged.