[Laurent Rizzotti]

You're welcome

Thanks for the pointer for the 78 Sqn reports, I was rather disappointed by the lack of deatils in the squadron history.

Michel, I had the same idea than you, that Sakaguchi, the only Japanese pilot to become a POW, was shot down by Cowley, but it seems to me that Harnden, the lost Australian pilot, was shot down close to Cowley's victory place, and USS Russell picked up both Harnden's body and then a DEAD Japanese pilot having bailed out. The latter was probably Cowley's victim and may have flown either an Oscar or a Zeke.

From the report pointed out by Bruce, it is clear that at least 3 Japanese airmen baled out from 3 different aircraft (the "Kate" shot down by Osment, the "Oscar" by Cowley and the "Kate" by White)