Naval, Air, ASW Combat

[tarkalak]

ORIGINAL: Edward75

Air. (except for pilot Exp)
1. How does advantage in number and type of planes? For example, 5 planes are fighting vs 30 planes, and they shoot down few enemy planes, but they do not have any loss. How is this possible in reality?

This is an example from a WWII pilot. It's about the European Theater, but should be applicable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFPFp3nHk2Q

[RangerJoe]

He who rides a tiger cannot dismount.

Col James H. Howard, USAAF

“Col. Howard, with his group, at once engaged the enemy and himself destroyed a German ME. 110. As a result of this attack Col. Howard lost contact with his group, and at once returned to the level of the bomber formation. He then saw that the bombers were being heavily attacked by enemy airplanes and that no other friendly fighters were at hand. While Col. Howard could have waited to attempt to assemble his group before engaging the enemy, he chose instead to attack single-handed a formation of more than 30 German airplanes. With utter disregard for his own safety he immediately pressed home determined attacks for some 30 minutes, during which time he destroyed 3 enemy airplanes and probably destroyed and damaged others. Toward the end of this engagement 3 of his guns went out of action and his fuel supply was becoming dangerously low.”

So read the citation for an award of the Congressional Medal of Honor for Col James H. Howard, USAAF, of the 354th Fighter Group, known as the Pioneer Mustang Group, for his action today in aviation history, on January 11, 1944, near Oschersleben, Germany. Col. Howard’s feat that day was one of bravery and extreme skill — surprisingly, it was not the first time he engaged such numbers on his own….

http://fly.historicwings.com/2013/01/ding-hao/

[GetAssista]

ORIGINAL: tarkalak

ORIGINAL: Edward75
Air. (except for pilot Exp)
1. How does advantage in number and type of planes? For example, 5 planes are fighting vs 30 planes, and they shoot down few enemy planes, but they do not have any loss. How is this possible in reality?

This is an example from a WWII pilot. It's about the European Theater, but should be applicable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFPFp3nHk2Q

One of comments below that video quotes Saburo Sakai about P-38, which generally repeats what's been said. "American pilot uses high speed dive from above, it is very effective!"