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Re: Australian Spitfires
Perhaps you are not familiar with the nature of the NW territories. Even inland the absence of wreckage is not conclusive. In fact some Spitfires reported missing in these actions were not located until the 1980's.
RAAF records list the fate by serial number of every single Spitfire taken on charge, by date, location and cause (if known). They accurately record shoot downs and losses caused by air combat damage. Are there exactly corresponding Japanese records to this level of detail? If not, I remain sceptical about the completeness and accuracy of their records and admissions.
To your comment "One wonders how many fuel starved Spitfires had a bullet hole in a fuel line or fuel tank" one might legitimately add "or not".
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