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re: Have you ever known a fighter pilot that was shot down….
Posted on 4/22/24 at 6:13 pm to Tempratt
Posted on 4/22/24 at 6:13 pm to Tempratt
Shot down, no, but crashed and survived?.. yes
My uncle was a fighter pilot for the USAF
He was flying a plane (idk if F-15 or F-16) on a routine flight here at home when the hydraulics failed on his back left landing gear... he was told to ditch the plane in the ocean and bail out... he said frick that and landed the motherfricker on two wheels!!!
They promoted him to Major General, and shortly after and he was one of the people who decided which bombs, at what time, and where we were going to strike Sadam
Didnt hurt that he had a Masters in Aeronautics...
A few years after he became a math teacher for a few years, then became principle of his school... He won Principal of the Year from the state a year after that, then retired.
My uncle was a fighter pilot for the USAF
He was flying a plane (idk if F-15 or F-16) on a routine flight here at home when the hydraulics failed on his back left landing gear... he was told to ditch the plane in the ocean and bail out... he said frick that and landed the motherfricker on two wheels!!!
They promoted him to Major General, and shortly after and he was one of the people who decided which bombs, at what time, and where we were going to strike Sadam
Didnt hurt that he had a Masters in Aeronautics...
A few years after he became a math teacher for a few years, then became principle of his school... He won Principal of the Year from the state a year after that, then retired.
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Posted on 4/22/24 at 6:14 pm to AZBadgerFan
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met Scott O'Grady a few years back thru some former USAF pilot buddies.
He hosted SNL one night. Can’t believe those libs let him host it.
Posted on 4/22/24 at 6:15 pm to Tempratt
I was shot down over Hochi-Saigon or whatever back in Nam. Those crafty, dirty frickers still have my boots and flight suit on display in some frickin' museum.
I'm still pissed about it.
I'm still pissed about it.
Posted on 4/22/24 at 6:18 pm to BOSCEAUX
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My wife’s 1st cousin was a Apache pilot. His backseat got shot while they were hovering to protect another Apache that did get shot down. This was during the first desert storm.
Do you mean his front seater? The pilot sits in the back seat and the gunner sits in the front, the better to shoot your arse.
Posted on 4/22/24 at 6:19 pm to MoarKilometers
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quote:
Have you ever known a fighter pilot that was shot down….
Yes...
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…but survived.
Maybe
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and was definitely used as propaganda to invade Iraq?
Sho' nuff. I'll never forgive the establishment for gaslighting Scott Speicher stories. Absolutely fricked up to run his family through that wringer, again.
Yeah especially since they had info that he was shotdown by a foxbat and not a sam
we were dead set on invading iraq anyway
Posted on 4/22/24 at 6:19 pm to Tempratt
My first cousin, Woodrow Bergeron. Graduated from LSU.
He is still alive today.
SAVING ‘BOXER 22’: THE LARGEST RESCUE MISSION OF THE VIETNAM WAR
In December 1969 the effort to recover two downed airmen snowballed into the biggest rescue mission of the Vietnam War
Saving Boxer 22
He is still alive today.
SAVING ‘BOXER 22’: THE LARGEST RESCUE MISSION OF THE VIETNAM WAR
In December 1969 the effort to recover two downed airmen snowballed into the biggest rescue mission of the Vietnam War
Saving Boxer 22
This post was edited on 4/22/24 at 6:27 pm
Posted on 4/22/24 at 6:20 pm to AZBadgerFan
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I met Scott O'Grady a few years back thru some former USAF pilot buddies.
Same, easily 20 years ago, but completely forgot about it
Posted on 4/22/24 at 6:25 pm to Tempratt
George R Carr of Bogalusa joined the RCAF before the US entered WWII. Later, Carr transferred to the US Navy and while flying an F6F Hellcat off the USS Essex became an "Ace In a Day" and a Double Ace in action, dubbed "The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot". He was awarded the Navy Cross for his deeds. He died in 1952 during training exercises in his F6F Hellcat.
Carr was a personal friend of my Dad's who served as a pallbearer at Carr's funeral. I met Carr as a youngster in the late 1940s.
Carr's family says while flying a Spitfire for the RCAF over Germany, he was shot down but was able to get his crippled plane over the English Channel, where he bailed out. However, records of the RCAF do not confirm this. A friend has published a book (in two volumes) recounting the exploits of Americans who served in the RCAF. He examined records of the RCAF, and in the chapter of his book about Carr, he contends that during Carr's service with the RCAF, he was a glider tow pilot and never flew Spitfires.
Maybe my meeting with Carr does not constitute knowing someone who was shot down, but nevertheless, he was a true war hero whom I had the honor of meeting.
Carr was a personal friend of my Dad's who served as a pallbearer at Carr's funeral. I met Carr as a youngster in the late 1940s.
Carr's family says while flying a Spitfire for the RCAF over Germany, he was shot down but was able to get his crippled plane over the English Channel, where he bailed out. However, records of the RCAF do not confirm this. A friend has published a book (in two volumes) recounting the exploits of Americans who served in the RCAF. He examined records of the RCAF, and in the chapter of his book about Carr, he contends that during Carr's service with the RCAF, he was a glider tow pilot and never flew Spitfires.
Maybe my meeting with Carr does not constitute knowing someone who was shot down, but nevertheless, he was a true war hero whom I had the honor of meeting.
Posted on 4/22/24 at 6:25 pm to dakarx
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My grandfather in WWII
same. although he didnt crash, per se. He disobeyed the ship and crash landed on the deck
Posted on 4/22/24 at 6:33 pm to AZBadgerFan
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I met Scott O'Grady a few years back thru some former USAF pilot buddies.
Cool cat. Used to drive his car down Midway Rd. in Dallas at 0300 like it was an F-16.
Posted on 4/22/24 at 6:37 pm to Tempratt
No my great grandfather was but he got eaten by cannibals
Posted on 4/22/24 at 6:40 pm to Tempratt
a divorcee coworker of mine started having her boyfriend come by for lunch. upon first meeting, just seemed like a cool old hippie. he was retired and she was a teacher that moved up to administration. since he was retired, he came up for lunch a good bit. really cool guy and we got to know each other pretty well.
after i got to know him, i noticed that he mentioned military in the past and then working for the state department, but avoided specifics. one time she got pulled into a meeting and it was just him and i. asked for specifics and pressed a bit and he was a spook in SE Asia working to topple communism as it spread. he was a pilot for a lot of it but also an on ground saboteur. he got shot down once over Vietnam and parachuted into a tree and hung out there for 3 days while the vietcong searched for him. he designed his dream house. after they got married, we went over there for a christmas party and he still had his design from the 60s. if you met him, you'd just think he was a 5'5 hippie with a ponytail, but he was genuinely just a badass nice guy.
not exactly a fighter pilot, but close enough.
after they got married, he accidentally forgot to unpack his gun from his bag and went through TSA. His wife said, "oh no, he's going to get arrested." After they called it in, they said "Sorry sir. We'll hold on to your gun and give it back to you when you come back through. Thank you for your service to the country."
sadly, he was working on his airplane one day and something slipped and the wheel fell and crushed his head.
Here's to you Karl. American badass and genuinely nice dude.
after i got to know him, i noticed that he mentioned military in the past and then working for the state department, but avoided specifics. one time she got pulled into a meeting and it was just him and i. asked for specifics and pressed a bit and he was a spook in SE Asia working to topple communism as it spread. he was a pilot for a lot of it but also an on ground saboteur. he got shot down once over Vietnam and parachuted into a tree and hung out there for 3 days while the vietcong searched for him. he designed his dream house. after they got married, we went over there for a christmas party and he still had his design from the 60s. if you met him, you'd just think he was a 5'5 hippie with a ponytail, but he was genuinely just a badass nice guy.
not exactly a fighter pilot, but close enough.
after they got married, he accidentally forgot to unpack his gun from his bag and went through TSA. His wife said, "oh no, he's going to get arrested." After they called it in, they said "Sorry sir. We'll hold on to your gun and give it back to you when you come back through. Thank you for your service to the country."
sadly, he was working on his airplane one day and something slipped and the wheel fell and crushed his head.
Here's to you Karl. American badass and genuinely nice dude.
Posted on 4/22/24 at 6:50 pm to Tempratt
A friend of ours who lived in Metairie flew jets in the Korean Conflict. He had several shot from under him and the third or fourth one caused damage to him.
He didn't sweat the small stuff, ever.
He didn't sweat the small stuff, ever.
Posted on 4/22/24 at 6:55 pm to Tempratt
Does Scott O’Grady count?
Posted on 4/22/24 at 6:58 pm to Tempratt
My great uncle flew recon in Vietnam. Was never shot down but was shot at.
Have another great uncle that played dead on a beach in the Korean war to survive. Was not a pilot though.
Have another great uncle that played dead on a beach in the Korean war to survive. Was not a pilot though.
Posted on 4/22/24 at 7:28 pm to Tempratt
Not a fighter pilot, but a chopper pilot in Viet Nam. Shot down 4 times, and twice in the same day. Cannot imagine what he went through.
Posted on 4/22/24 at 8:11 pm to Tempratt
The father of a friend of mine in school was an Air Force fighter pilot in Vietnam who was shot down by an anti-aircraft missile. Evaded capture and was picked up in enemy territory several days after. The family got an MIA notice and thought the worst.
Good stories in this thread.
Good stories in this thread.
Posted on 4/22/24 at 8:12 pm to Tempratt
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.
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.
Posted on 4/22/24 at 8:15 pm to Tempratt
No, but hand to god, I worked with a guy who was supposedly the first person to fly upside down from one end of Louisiana to the next. It was North Louisiana.
Well I say hand to god, but I mean that's what he told someone who told others and so on.
Well I say hand to god, but I mean that's what he told someone who told others and so on.
Posted on 4/22/24 at 8:32 pm to blueridgeTiger
That man with the circle around him looks like Dean Martin.
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