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That's cool to hear! I also know there were several Japanese pilots that scored victories against multiple opponents; Saburo Sakai I belive has credits against the Soviets (during the Nomonhan war in 1939), Dutch, U.S. and Australians.

I'm sure pilots from all countries felt the same way....other than perhaps having the 'novelty' of having swastikas/German Crosses AND Rising Sun AND/OR Italian flags on the nose of your plane......this is strictly an interest of mine. Speaking of which, I also discovered 2 more American pilots...

Thanks for the replies peoples! I don't know if it's just an American thing; but I know a lot of WW2 historians divide WW2 into 4 major theaters of conflict; ETO (European Theater of Operations: i.e. West and East Fron actions); MTO (Mediterranean Theater of Operations) to include Italy, North...

Hello everyone; I've LONG had an interest in WW2 and the air battles (in particular in the PTO, CBI and MTO...basically, I'm incredicly sick of the 8 trillion books, games, movies, etc. on the ETO :) ); and I have a question to any and all experts out there.... Does anyone know of Allied Aces...

Thank you guys so much! I remembered Caldwell after seeing the name mentioned in the above post; but the other names are new to me; thanks! Any Americans that anybody knows about; besides Landers?

Hello one and all; I'm brand new to these boards but I've always had a major interest in the air war of WW2. I have a subject that I haven't been able to gather much info on over the past few years....in essence; my main question is: Does anybody know of any Allied pilots that becames Aces...