Many thanks for the informative follow-up, Danny.
Nothing to do with the price of fish, but the overkill comment on the Sydney Spitfire Association site yesterday regarding 20 mm cannon on human targets reminded me of something my mother experienced in Burma during the war. Her (first) husband was stationed at a particular airfield and she used to go for walks when the day was not too hot. One day on the edge of the woods at the end of the runway she heard frantic shouting and the roar of engines, and some Japanese 'sharks' swooped down and strafed the airstrip. She said they were so close that for one instant she locked eyes with one of the J pilots.
She had been advised to stand upright and still as many considered that you presented less of a target that way.
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