"Richard" wrote in message
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And - fighters had to be at least that close to the target to hit
anything. So longer range shooting doesn't really happen.

Wing-mounted guns toed inward to converge a few hundred yards out,
then diverge out of the gunsight. Many of the great aces were
relatively poor shots who won by outflying the enemy well enough to
stay close on their six.
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/avi...ons-36295.html
"Every pilot who I've heard express an opinion says that the
easiest/best way to shoot down an enemy aircraft was at close range
and zero deflection."

jsw