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Re: Japanese aircrew bailouts, prisoners?
I seem to remember reading, possibly in the Saburo Sakai book, that on offensive flights many Japaese pilots (aircrew?) chose not to wear parachutes. They were not ordered to do this but chose this action as baling out over enemy territory would lead to being taken prisoner. Apparantly chutes were worn and used over the homeland though, Sakai's book was called Samurai but I no longer have a copy,
Brian Bines
Just watched Revi16's YouTube clip did the Japanses pilot kill himslf or did the guy with the pistol shoot him ?
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