Shooting at a fighter aircraft while in a parachute seems like a very bad idea to me, you're in trouble if the pilot shoots back.
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Odds are if a fighter is close enough for a pistol then the fighters were committing war crimes by shooting parachuting aviators. The Japanese were known for shooting down parachutes.
It wasn't a war crime back then, of course.
What I've learned about "war crimes" is that it doesn't matter what you do as long as you don't lose. And if you win you get to punish the loser for their war crimes and pretend like you didn't commit any.
"History get written by the victors"
A statement routinely banned in serious historical communities because of the mountains of evidence against it
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It was the guy in the parachute who was shooting back. The Japanese were known for shooting down ejected pilots.
Iirc he shot at the Japanese pilot because he was shooting pilots who had already bailed which is an unwritten rule of fighter combat.
They're moving pretty quickly relative to you. By the time they realize you've shot at them, they'll be hundreds of meters away. If they then decide to turn around (since they have to be facing you to shoot you) and come for another run at you...honestly they were probably going to do it anyway.
How did they confirm this? (I don’t doubt it but still)
Supposedly, the plane was later found after crashing, the pilot with a bullet wound in his head
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/the-japanese-fighter-plane-shot.html
Ah, plausible explanation for a crashed pilot that needs to be dead, I see.
During WW2, the Japanese were shooting airmen who have ejected. This was a MAJOR no no in wartime. So the only reason a Japanese plane would have been in striking distance from an ejected airman, would be because the Japanese airman was trying to kill him.
Another fun fact. During war, snipers don't ever shoot a person who is taking a shit.
I am going to need a source for your fun fact. That sounds like shit.
Here is the source for the parachutes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_on_parachutists
For the pooping in thing, after doing a bunch of research, the "rule" was mostly memoirs and interviews about what the West did. This could be an attempt to rewrite history to make the West look better. But here are a couple of sources I found.
During the civil war: https://dailycaller.com/2017/01/10/civil-war-rule-of-engagement-protected-urinating-with-pants-down-dont-shoot-principle/
Short video about it: https://youtube.com/shorts/PhWraPN46jc?si=OYHA-bM0OE27Zr_f
Maybe he had some extensions to his 1911 like Nordberg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSG_23DTvKs
https://www.imfdb.org/wiki/The_Naked_Gun_2_1/2:_The_Smell_of_Fear#Nordberg.27s_Gun
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