S3 Series

Sunday night after a long mission and having made drops on assigned targets we headed out of dodge for safe sky. Late in my RTB Besea ( Salute Sir)found two of us and he ended up getting my vator then he broke off. At some point was vector to 26. I elected to try and land or at worst ditch near 26. BTW, it can be done with out a vator. Short story is as I neared the field I failed to bled off enough speed in order to get my flaps and gear up and down to help control landing--thus I crashed. My Bad.
Now, I know for a fact I could have bailed (safely)over to 26 but I elected to try and land. I did this because, crash or bail your still counted as a kill. Now my question, would I have been counted as a kill had I bailed (safe) ? The way I read the rules below the answer is yes. Even If I ditched with damage I'm still dead. So if my assumption is right I ask why should it count as a kill--many crew member ditched or bailed safely and lived to tell about it.




Thank for any clarification on this.

Salute

Well in RL...they don't care if you bailed, ditched, or died. If the aircraft was put out of commission while it was flying it was a "kill". If I shot you up and you managed to put it down in a plowed field..it was a kill.

If you are interested in stats, it is better to stay alive then to die for stats purposes.

and the other question which comes to mind is what do I have to Bale? Straw, hay, pinestraw? Or can I just step over the side and bail?:)

If you get pinged..... and then fail to land safely.. its counted as a KILL for the enemy.

If you are actually KIA as a pilot, the only difference is to your personal stats.
No medals for you! lol

See...what bollok said...killed hurts stats:)

!st thanks for the reply's guys.




Dobs, you say they counted it as a kill in RL just because the pilot said they think they hit the other guy! I don't think so. Think it required visual confirmation of going down--with or without pilot inside. . Also, for the record I'm not a stats freak!
In fact, if I crash due to a control problem, I will not ask for reset --unlike I see so many others do! A control problem is "your" problem and one does not deserve a reset. Like I'm just happy if I can complete the mission and this time it was worth trying to land anyway.

Again, thanks for the feedback.
Salute