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Originally Posted by GuerraCivil
In the Pacific war I do not know if Allied pilots shot parachuted Japanese pilots as often as Japanese shot Allied pilots. I have seen a gun camera clip in which P 51 pilot makes a pass on parachuted Japanese pilot. I do not know motifs, if it was a retaliation act vs. Japanese or a American practice of "aerial exterminating action" based on unwritten orders? The Japanese "aerial exterminating action" is better documented and many cases would have been unknown if after the war there had not been access to Japanese sources regarding this matter.
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It looks like the reasons behind American practice of "aerial exterminating action" in the Pacific war were the hate to Japanese after the Pearl Harbor ("The good Japaness is a dead Japanese") and "Kill him before he has a chance to find another plane and come back to kill you".
But American pracice of "aerial exterminating action" was also widespread in Europe, you only need to read unit combat history of Luftwaffe and airforce of Other minor Axis nations. Overall, Japaness and Americans were most likely candidates who shooting parachuted enemy