That was a problem in Japan as well where aircrew had to avoid
civilians in order to surrender to the IJN becuase the civilians were
likely to avenge themselves upon them.

Well, clearly you know nothing of what you are saying. Aircrew avoided
civilians in order to surrender to the NAVY?

And how exactly did they avoid civilians?

U.S. aircrews knew very well that if they had to bail out over the
Empire, they would be tortured, starved, generally maltreated, and
very possibly have their heads chopped off, regardless of who
performed the formalities of arrest.

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