Was there any kind of preventative collision training for dogfights during WWI and WWII? Watching some old films on YouTube about dogfighting has me curious about this. Definitely seems like most dogfights around this time were extremely close, involving tight formations and turns. Was there any kind of preventative collision training that the pilots went through around this time? Or was the goal just to get them through training ASAP?
No, there was no anti-collision training aside from "dodging the fireball" after enemy aircraft shootdown. The training resources and timeline didn't permit much training beyond safe employment of the aircraft gun.