I had a pair of Robert L. Scott’s pilot’s wings. Sold it a few years back to a guy in China. Boy was I sweating the delivery of that package. LOL.
Scott was a triple ace, maybe more. I think the official record says something like 16 but others say it was 26.
Whatever he flew a lot of combat under Claire Chennault. A lot of his missions involved strafing which was considered dangerous. In one of his books he mentions that he was not allowed to destroy certain bridges which the Japanese were using because the Communists wanted them left.