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<fredfighter@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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> In your text you said the gunner fies when the ME 109
> is directly behind the B17. For orthogonal ground
> tracks, he can't hit the ME 109 if it is *anywhere* behind
> the B17 no matter where he aims because the flight
> paths of the ME 109 can't intersect the path
> the bullet takes to the ground.
That's why, in the text, I also added that he "led" the ME-109 exactly
enough. Did you read the entire sentence? As I said, perhaps I wasn't clear.
He fires directly behind the B-17. The ME-109 is on its way to cross the
flightpath of the B-17.
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> In your illustration, the gunner fires straight back
> before the Me-109 is directly behind the B17. He can hit
> if he fires at precisely the moment his gun crosses the
> flight path of the Me-109.
Not so. The bullet simply falls to Earth and the ME-109 passes safely 50
yards (or so) behind the B-17.
Rich "Don't use them 3-silable words like 'orthogonal'" S.
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