Snakebabies
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figured he was a hacker."One Zero approached within several feet of Baggett. The pilot then nosed up, almost stalling, and opened his canopy. Baggett shot at the pilot with his .45 caliber pistol. The plane stalled and plunged to the earth,[7][8][9] and Baggett became legendary as the only person to down a Japanese airplane with an M1911 pistol.[1][4][10][11][12] He survived and was captured by the Japanese. This account is not consistent with Japanese records - discussed in the book "B-24 Liberators vs Ki-43 Oscars" by Edward M Young on page 57. This dogfight was between 13 Ki-43s of the JAAF 64th Sentai and around 12 B-24s of the 7th BG. There were no Japanese pilot loses. Regarding his pistol, his obituary states he shot down the Zero with a revolver."