My few cents:
We need a few steps close to the front in Yak-3s each frame to defend our Ai planes, lest the enemy will pile up on points en masse for free.
* We only have 1 full frame of Yak-3s/squad so should rotate which one is on Ai defence duty each sunday.
* Yak-3s has very limited fuel time so need to be close to the front. Thus we CANNOT, thank god, go with the tactic: "Let's all save the best plane for last frame and lose all the other frames just to shine in the fifth".
The *La5-FN is better suited for escorting our strikers (almost twice the fuel time of the yak-3).
Could have a few steps of fighter pukes every second frame in P-39Qs to strike easy targets or make deep strikes on ships on the west coast of Crimea (near the LW MOB base).
Cheers and thanks for stepping up sir
/Robert - 4th FG