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Originally Posted by Graham Boak
I recall it being written that there were 99 claims made by P=40s and that the Corsairs tried hard to get the elusive 100th. Presumably the higher figure comes from more recent research?
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Actually Chris Rudge found claims for 100 destroyed enemy aircraft even though one is missing in the official list.
4 pilots from 14 Sqn tried to intercept a Japanese aircraft that attacked Segond Channel, Espiritu Santo in May 1943 but radar contact was lost before they could find it. I cannot remember that any RNZAF fighter unit operated at night in the Solomons.
Cheers
Peter