Exactly. Air combat is combat which takes place in the air, shooting down a
V-1 is obviously air combat.

Seems a bit odd to call it "combat" when the V-1 can't shoot back, or
even maneuver.

What about shooting down the Piper Cub? I suppose there were a couple
of Blond Knights of Chermany who made ace on the L-4.

I've never been in that situation, Dan, nor have I seen any
statistics, but I suspect it was pretty darn hard to shoot down a Cub
that could fly so slowly and maneuver with such agility.

I do recall reading, at the time, of a case in which a liaison pilot
induced a Luftwaffe fighter pilot to fly into the ground.

And in _To War in a Stringbag_, a Swordfish pilot tells of
accidentally killing a fellow RNAS pilot the same way.

vince norris