Originally Posted by
Ewan Whosearmy
Believing that it was [clear], and that the bombers were clear of the runway centreline, Airboss cleared fighters to come down into the bomber block..
From the crowd-line perspective, it's understandably challenging to estimate horizontal range. But that means being careful when making those calls in Mk 1 eyeball.
Originally Posted by
Ewan Whosearmy
P-63 pilot did not expect traffic on the runway centreline and was looking left, into the turn, when the collision occurred.
Wouldn't you want to have sight on the bombers before you started down and accelerating?