Jugggo wrote:
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Question is did the Ottos kill most pilots or was it allied fighters?
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phenix wrote:
IJA fighter pilots were able to down 26 AI bombers, 3 bombers, and 13 Allied fighters for a loss of 28, most of their forces. Hellcats struggled while Corsairs went 9 kills and 8 targets for 10 losses. Allied medium bombers scored 33 targets.
So, there are 15 "unaccounted for" aircraft losses for the IJ. I can't find a chart that shows "AI Victories". No human Allied Buff pilots had victories. In the case of our pilots, many of those "unaccounted for losses" are from engine fires and structural damage from AI buff fire that ended-up as a "safe bail" for the pilot. I suppose that an alternate way to look at it is that "Otto" got "about as many" as did the Allied fighter force.