Air America pilot Ted Moore and flight mechanic Glenn Woods were flying a Huey in Laos during the Vietnam conflict and Woods shot down a AN2 with his AK-47.
During WWII 2d Lt. Owen J. Baggett was the co-pilot of a B-24 shot down by Zeros while making an attack on a railroad bridge at Pyinmana, about halfway between Rangoon and Mandalay. Descending in his chute he was strafed and wounded, he fired four shots from his Colt .45 at a Zero that flew close by, one shot hit the pilot in the head, killing him and causing the Zero to crash. In the POW camp following capture he was surprisingly received and feted as a hero by the Japanese camp commander, a colonel, for his fine shooting at the Zero. This is an example of the Japanese military’s peculiar Bushido code, which placed great emphasis on honor and valor in battle.