buffnut453
Captain
Strange! Much less advanced A/C like the F4F and the Curtiss Hawk did well against Zeros and Oskars in the PTO and BCI.
Tactics. The IJNAF in particular was known for its pilots seeking individual kills rather than fighting as a cohesive unit. Good section tactics (ie Thach Weave) hugely reduced the Zero's comparative performance advantage over the F4FGoes back to my point in an earlier post about the difference of philosophy between Western and Japanese approaches to fighting. Not so sure the Curtiss Hawk did particularly well, though....
Now...back to the Vengeance