Circumstances : Betty 2 is shooting at a Spitfire that used a tracking shot, but in the end it appears that Betty 2 is out of the vertical field of fire of the Spitfire.
Actual Question : Should Betty-2 qualify for the -10 tracking modifier if the target supposedly tracking it didn’t actually have him in a valid shot arc? (Seems like the tracking was a little off.) I could see an argument either way.
When you are tracking, you are following a predictable curve allowing the gunners to adjust their fire more easily. This would be true whether your aim was off or on. You are still following a curve. For game purposes, declaring a tracking shot with sufficient FPs in parameters is good enough (and remember, vertical arc is only checked at the end when shot is taken. Horizontal arc is the game measure tracked for qualifying for tracking).
You had the time, you declared tracking, knowing the risk, the gunner gets the mod.
:-)
JD
(https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FW_TC_Darwin/conversations/messages/3533) 25/08/2015