I didn’t have any relatives in the Air Corp during the war. I had a few on the ground. One uncle was an AA gunner with the Third Army and one day there was a German plane coming into to strafe the area he was in. It was a low ceiling and the fighter swooped down to start his run.
My uncle said he cut loose with his AA gun and was hammering away and got a smoke trail coming out of the kraut fighter and thought he was going to get a kill and about that time two P-38’s roared through the ceiling and shredded the German fighter. I guess he got partial credit for the kill lol!
It was a team effort but the fighter jocks took the credit I’ll bet.