See also 'Fighter Tactics of the Aces', WW2 Publications, 1978, a facsimile collection of contemporaneous "how to do it" accounts by leading American SWPA aces. It's probably hard to find now - but worth it.
ISBN 9600248-3-2
Osprey's 'Twelve to One' (Aircraft of the Aces 61) is similar, a study of the experiences and 'tricks of the trade' of 107 V Fighter Command aces:-
http://www.ospreypublishing.com/titl...ser=ACE~per=36
Both titles are revealing of Japanese air tactics.
Japanese Army fighters in Burma begin flying in 2/4 aircraft elements from January 1943. Please refer to my article 'Oscars Over Burma' in Vol.6 Nos.2 & 3 (2000) of JAS Jottings, the journal of the Japanese Aviation SIG of IPMS(UK).