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Half Japanese flag on plane?
hellbent11
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Posted: Saturday, January 30, 2010 - 04:27 PM UTC
In my new corsair kit the "score marks" (I don't know what they're really called) has a half flag... What does that signify??? Is it a dual kill where two planes brought one down?

Thanks, Hellbent
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Posted: Saturday, January 30, 2010 - 04:45 PM UTC
Hellbent,

Could be two explanations. One is a ground kill, which the Navy/USMC usually did not credit. Second is a shared kill. That is most likely.
hellbent11
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Posted: Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 04:13 AM UTC
Excellent Sir, Thanks!

Hellbent
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Posted: Monday, May 03, 2010 - 08:08 PM UTC
I have always thought that it stood for a "shared" kill/shhotdown between two pilots.
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