26th October 2017, 23:41
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Alter Hase
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Join Date: Oct 2015
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Re: Saburo Sakai
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Originally Posted by betthethao
focusfocus, it is obviously that kill was officially assigned to all Japanese pilots who participated in this combat regardless, French airforce in WWII had a similar policy, a shot down would be assigned to all pilots participated in the mission, sometimes assigned to entire squadron, regardless whether individual pilots fired a shot at that down enemy aircraft, a "kill" would be an achievement for a unit, not individual, hence the difference between unit record and the pilot log book
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The Italians in WW2 had that policy, too. |
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