17.01.2008, 10:14
Contraversial.. Mmm, but it just doesn't make sense. The air gunner may be expendable, but a valuable pilot and expensive aircraft are not.
From a pilots point of view, I would like my gunner to survive so that he can protect me and the airframe.. if he gets killed it's not just a matter of 'oh well, thats another one gone' because the chance of getting back to a friendly airfield to get a new one has now been drasticaly reduced..
If the Soviets thought that little about their valuable aircraft then why didn't they pilot them with undesirables as well?..
From a pilots point of view, I would like my gunner to survive so that he can protect me and the airframe.. if he gets killed it's not just a matter of 'oh well, thats another one gone' because the chance of getting back to a friendly airfield to get a new one has now been drasticaly reduced..
If the Soviets thought that little about their valuable aircraft then why didn't they pilot them with undesirables as well?..