We were talking about Warhawks Vs. a 109 earlier, but I read through that again and was wondering about different intertheater matchups.  Did a Corsair ever fight a 109?  How about a Spitfire and a Zero?  A Bearcat Vs. a 190?  I'd love to know about these kinds of dogfights and how they turned out...

The FAA raid against the Tirpitz came against absolutely no resistance from the air. In other words they were un-opposed.

The last japanise aircraft destroyed in WWII was an Oscar downed by a P61 on the final day of the war.

 As the 2nd World War was coming to an end in Europe, and Axis forces were being crushed between the Russian armies from the East and Allied armies from the West, it was inevitable that American and Soviet aircraft would come in contact with each other.....

 P-38s vs. Yaks:  In early November 1944 Russian troops in Yugoslavia had the Gremans in retreat and requested close air support from the 15th Air Force of the United States. The P-38s provided for that mission had done the job so well that the Russians requsted a repeat support mission be flown the following day.  Unfortunatly, between the two attacks, the situation on the ground had changed and the Russian ground forces had advanced the battle line by 100 kilometers.  When the P-38s attacked they tore into Russian ground forces as will as the Germans, killing a Russian three star General in the process.  A flight of Yaks was in the vacinity and they were called upon to attack the P-38s still busy making strafing runs.  The Yaks pounced on the P-38s and shot down two of the twin boom fighters.  Regrouping the P-38s broke off from their ground attacks and fought their way out of the area.  In the ensueing melee four Yaks were shot down and the remainder driven off with no further losses to the P-38s.  When the Americans advised the Russians of what happened, the Russians "promptly shot those involved on their end and demanded the same be done to the leader of the P-38s."  The P-38 leader, Colonel C. T. Edwinson, was "quietly and hastily re-assigned to a base out of Europe."
   

In Erich Hartmann's biography, he states that towards the last days of the war, he evaded combat by attacking some US planes, as he was being jumped by Russians ... pretty soon the Russians and US were fighting each other and Hartmann got away.

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  Does anyone know the make of the aircraft involved in this incident?

  And now for something completely different........

  B-17 Flying Fortress vs. H6K "Mavis" flying boat:  What can only be described as the most unusual dogfight of World War 2 occured in the skies over the South Pacific.  On October 23, 1942 an Army Air Corps B-17, on patrol from Espirito Santo, "came to the aid of a PBY that was being attacked by a H6K 'Mavis' flying boat of the Imperial Japanese Navy."  The B-17 dove on the H6K, but soon both aircraft entered a rain squall.  Emerging from the squall at low altitude the two aircraft found themselves flying a beam of each other only fifty feet apart.  "Immediately every gun on both aircraft began firing in a broadside exchange reminiscent of the age old sailing ship battles.  Thousands of bullets criss-crossed the narrow spread of air" between the two large aircraft.  Twisting and turning, in and out of rain squalls, the two aircraft flailed away at each other for 45 minutes.  The "Mavis" kept very close to the wave tops to protect its vulnerable under belly while the B-17 made tight turns to stay inside the H6K and avoid being hit by the tail gun of the Japanese flying boat.  "Finally, the 'Mavis' began smoking, and dropped into the sea, exploding in a large ball of flame."  The B-17 came away from the battle with holes in its fuselage and wings, a damaged engine and two injured crew members.      

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From the sublime to the ridiculous. At the Chailey air show I attended a week ago they renacted an encounter between an L-4 Grasshopper (Piper Cub) & a Fieseler Storch. The L-4 crew had spotted the Storch & decided to attack it. The pilot flew alongside it while his observer opened fire with his service pistol. The Storch was actually forced down & crash landed but I think the pilot escaped unhurt. This was the only known incidence of air-to-air combat with pistols during WWII.

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http://www.historicaircraftcollection.ltd.uk/hac_storch_cub.html

Movies waiting to be made, I tell you!