I salute anyone who shoots me down no matter how or in what plane. In my weird way of thinking, even if I was vulched, with adequate SA, I still could have avoided it.
Slightly different topic:
I usually give shout outs to players landing 2+ kills. Especially in modest planes. I never give a shout out to folks landing multiple kills in perky planes (LA7s, Spit16s etc.) figuring that is par...at least it is for me.