I remember reading that there was a female pilot as well in that battle, but they were edited out because Lucas didn’t think America was ready to see women die in battle. Is there any footage of that available?
They shot quite a few female pilots, and one is actually in the film redubbed as a man: “Red 3” who gets blown up by two interceptors. I frankly don’t think the redub had anything to do with “watching a woman die in battle”, but rather the rushed state of Jedi’s production. (If you see the original footage it’s obvious that all of it was going to be redubbed.)
Here’s some of the female pilots footage: https://youtu.be/806P_lVgPM8?si=GmzCwY5wYZ0bq34t
I haven’t seen any color prints of the female pilots, because if I had, I would have found a way to cut “grandma” in, lol!