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Hard Question to Answer
It's a hard question to answer--probably impossible. However are these statements correct?
1) Allied fighter pilots in the Pacific didn't begin engaging IJAAF fighters pilots until late 1943, and maybe even 1944. Pearl Harbor, Coral Sea, Midway, Eastern Solomons, Santa Cruz and the whole of the Solomons campaign was fought almost exclusively against the IJNAF.
2) The AVG/Flying Tigers never flew against the IJNAF.
3) The RAF in Malaysia/Burma never flew against the IJNAF.
4) By the time USN and USAAF began engaging IJAAF fighter pilots in any numbers, they were flying Hellcats, Corsairs and P-38's. (Planes that dramatically out-classed IJAAF aircraft.)
Thanks!!
Bronc
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