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Old March 14th, 2008, 06:27 AM
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Default Re: SBD Dauntless aerial victories
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Originally Posted by TA152 View Post
I am sure those aircraft shot down a few enemy aircraft but the numbers sound a bit padded to me. Sorta like the body counts in Viet Nam !
TBD Devastator's got shot down. Perhaps a formation shot down one plane and all six took credit for the lucky hit ?

I would think B-29's would have lots of shoot downs but the others sound too good to be true.

No reflection on you JC ! You can't hit home runs everytime.
No prob. Though I usually take claims with a grain of salt this information came from a good friend of mine. Ill have to see where he came by the info. He did state that these were "USN/USMC confirmed victories" so there must be records of them somewhere.
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