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Show Jap Fighter Pilots Under Combat Conditions WASHINGTON. The quality of Japanese fighter pilots and their airplanes air-planes under combat conditions have been reported to the war department de-partment by Maj. Edward Rector, air corps, of Marshall, N. C, who recently returned to this country from the China air task force and who is credited with 12 combat victories. vic-tories. On one occasion the Americans received radio warning that 12 Japanese Jap-anese fighters were on the way to attack the American air base. Ten American fighters went up to make interception. They formed at high altitude and waited until the Japanese Japa-nese dove to attack the airdrome. The Americans dove from their position po-sition of vantage, caught the Japanese Japa-nese apparently wholly by surprise, and shot down 10 of the 12 enemy fighters. |