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Old 17 March 2001, 12:52 PM   #1
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if you took away all unconfirmed kills (counting only the ones that were confirmed by both sides), who would have been the top scoring ace?

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Old 17 March 2001, 01:25 PM   #2
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Old 17 March 2001, 11:23 PM   #3
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So who would be the aces of aces if we only counted UNCONFIRMED kills!
 
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Old 18 March 2001, 10:44 AM   #5
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If you go for ANY war, Lt.(jg)Sadaaki Akamatsu Imperial Japanese Navy. Claimed OVER 350 when intoxicated and around 260 when sober. Most credit him with a score of 27 to 54.

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Old 18 March 2001, 01:14 PM   #6
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>If you go for ANY war, Lt.(jg)Sadaaki Akamatsu
>Imperial Japanese Navy. Claimed OVER 350 when
>intoxicated and around 260 when sober. Most
>credit him with a score of 27 to 54.

Sorry, but I had to LOL at this one!
 
Old 18 March 2001, 02:55 PM   #7
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hmmm 350 when intoxicated and 260 when sober, that puts his total saturday night and sunday morning score at about 610. If he had stayed drunk the japanese would have won the war.

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Old 18 March 2001, 05:22 PM   #8
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What can I say, after all the serious stuff in the other threads about Bishop, I HAD to inject some comic relief somewhere, and this thread just begged for it.

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Old 18 March 2001, 07:14 PM   #9
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Ah, maybe that is it. Was Bishop intoxicated often ?
 
Old 19 March 2001, 04:42 AM   #10
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As I understand it, Bishop did his heaviest drinking when on leave. He rarely, if ever touched it at the front as he didn't want to dull his senses for the next day's missions. I can't say the same for some other fellows however.

Who knows who might have gone with Bishop on the Morning of June 2, 1917.

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