I’ve got 2500 flying F-16s. The F-16 has some of the best cockpit visibility of any fighter ever. Much better than anything produced in WW2. Once you roll into a bank, you lose visibility opposite the direction you’re turning. End of issue. Doesn’t matter what you’re flying. The P-63 in this case was in a turn with its belly toward the B-17. Unless the pilot had a window in the floor of his airplane, he couldn’t see the B-17 until it was too late. He either never knew it was there, or he tried to prevent a collision by turning away (rolling into more bank) from the B-17. That’s a bad move because it makes seeing what you’re trying to avoid even more difficult.
Thank you-Thank you-Thank you for setting the arm chair quarterbacks straight.
Thank you for the explanation that only the experienced can give. I understand.