Its amazing to read just how many multiple kills pilots achieved in one day - I dont just mean one or two but 6 plus!!! These pilots as far as I can acertain were in the main German - Neinz Bar down 6 in a single day, Walter Nowotny downed 7 in a day, Erich Rudorffer 8, Willhelm Batz 15 downed & Hans Joachim Marseille an amazing 17 in a single day !!
As far as I can tell the Japanese had 2 such men - Hiromishi Shinohara managed 11 in a day while Takeo Okumura was just behind him with 10 in a single day.
Also am surprised that 2 of these aces managed to be shot down on many occassions - Erich Rudorffer was downed 16 times while Hans Joachim Marseille was shot down amazing 18 times !!!
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