Originally Posted by
bigbossman
According to 1st person interviews, one usually never heard or saw a pursuing plane. They say the first thing that makes you aware of an attack from the rear is the tracers flying by your canopy..... assuming you aren't in flames already and spinning out of control from the first burst.
Yes, of course. Too noisy in a Spitfire or Messerschmitt cockpit to "hear" any of the other planes.
I was being rhetorical.
You just might have been able to hear an FW 190 bearing down on you from the tail gun of a B-17, however. Maybe not. It must have been an adrenaline producing, scary sight, regardless.