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Originally Posted by BruceMk11
Are there any corresponding losses?
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It would appear not. From PC Boer's
The Loss of Java: The Final Battles For the Possession of Java Fought By Allied Air, Naval and Land Forces in the Period of 18 February-7 March 1942, page 47.
"Late in the morning [23 February] six Hurricanes took off from Tjililitan. Among the pilots were Sgt T. Kelly of 605 Squadron and Sgt R.L. Dovell [1260983 Ronald Leonard Dovell] and Sgt T.W. Young [Thomas Wood Young] of 242 Squadron. Several enemy planes were reported over the Bay of Batavia and in a widely spread formation it was attempted to discover these planes. A pair, consisting of Dovell and Young spotted a float plane at an altitude of 3,000 metres. Sgt Young managed to hit it already from a large distance with his first shots, and the Japanese pilot in his smoking bi-plane came flying headlong at Young's Hurricane. The two planes narrowly missed each other, upon which the Japanese disappeared. Young got the plane to his name (possibly erroneously). No wreckage was found."