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Originally Posted by rpeck350
I don't have any stat's to add but since most Japaneese airplanes were built with none to minor armor that most crew members were killed before they had a chance to bail out.
The air crew I would think knew that and thought parachutes would not help.
Of all the gun camera film I have seen I get the impression most Japaneese planes were on fire to a point of seeing only wing tips fairly quick.
Maybe not much help but just a thought.
Rick
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Yes, mostly Japanese airplanes. especially earliy stage of the war, were built with minor armor (some later war Japanese airplanes were well armored), but again it is a misconception that a burst of .50 machine gun fire then that Japanese aicraft would immediately burst into fire and going down. Again you'd better read some book relate to detail combat history of the pacific war. following this an example:
Darwin Spitfires: The Real Battle for Australia
http://www.amazon.com/Darwin-Spitfir...f=pd_ys_ir_b_1