Japanese survivors

[neilbyrne]

So we're on patrol in the Solomons Slot in AUG '42 at radar depth in broad daylight when an air battle develops overhead. Japanese contingent was a formation of about twenty Bettys; three of which got splashed. Never did see any US fighters.
We surfaced after the skies cleared to find half a dozen Japanese airmen floating and waving nearby. We approached several, but the rescue icon never illuminated so couldn't pick them up. Just there for color I guess. In R/L they would almost never allow rescue.