A lot depends on the probable height difference, but still I think that there is no need for a power-dive in the attack against the enemy (torpedo)bombers and so avoiding overshooting the enemy formation.Takao wrote: The fighter will be forced to stay high, as diving below the target will put him into the drink. Also, by staying high, he lacks the room to bleed off all of his excess speed built up during the dive, thus if he can still attack the second bomber in line, it will probably be only a brief shot before the fighter overshoots the second bomber. Still, the fighter could pull up into a reversal and attempt to re-engage or if his speed is to high, go into some variation of a scissors maneuver.
Probably later, depending on their flying height before decending to the 30-50m attack height.Baltasar wrote:I'd imagine that low flying torpedo bombers would be spotted in radar a lot later than level bombers.
Regards, Juha