We have current and retired pilots both civil (one currently flying 777s) and military in our online IL2 squadron. Including one, now 90 who flew F86's back in the 1950's.
I recall a SimHQ member who flew P38s in the Pacific Theatre...Monroe was it?
You just reminded me there used to be a guy here named "Hammfist" who (as far as I or anyone else here could tell) was an A-10 pilot...
Then there was Andy Bush who flew lots of planes (I imagine "Hammfist" must have too).
Maybe those guys still pop up in the sub-forums, me, I dabbled a fair bit into combat flightsims but MSFS and X-Plane were my main interests...
And they're about to be again - things got a bit boring on that front for a while there, but wow they've come a long way (and I am absolutely salivating over MSFS 2020 if it lives up to the promise...)