Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
They may have only SHOT down 170 or so....but the others crapped themselves to death on the way back to base after tangling with the CORP............I mean CORPS!
You really are itching for a whooping aren't you?
USMCFLYR
Damnit, I forget, the Corps!! Hey, all I know is met Joe Foss and he was the man!! Foss did scare the Japanese from a large scal aerial attack at one point during the war. Of course it wasn't a dig on the Marines obviously
, it was just the standard overclaiming by all sides in the war. The Navy claimed about 200 during the same time period but scored around 130 or so. And yes, I'm a history nerd when it comes to military aviation...a geek.