re: Have you ever known a fighter pilot that was shot down….

Going to butcher this story but the gist:

Not a fighter pilot but my ex father-in-law In Vietnam in 1968 was being lifted out during a battle and the helicopter was shot down. So he had to fight on and then when the next helicopter came and got him out of there, that helicopter was shot down over rice paddies and he spent the night in the wreckage. Then had to crawl to his acces point. He was in recon for the marines.