I was reading a book not too long ago about the air war in the Pacific in world war two. One American pilot got his airplane all shot up and had to bail out. While he was floating down in his parachute the Japanese pilot was circling and trying to shoot him. The Japanese pilot pulled up beside him to get a look, so the American started banging away at him with his 45. He was a little surprised when the zero started spinning and crashed far below. And he got credit for the kill. Either he had hit the jap pilot or he had pulled back on the stick too far and stalled out. And I'm fairly certain this is a true story.