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Old 25th March 2021, 13:38
Laurent Rizzotti Laurent Rizzotti is offline
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The explanation is probably that pilots and their ground crews did not wait for official claim confirmation to paint victory symbols on their planes. If this pilot claimed 5 victories, five Japanese flags were probably painted just after.
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