Mid Air Collision at Duxford

Stealhead · 07-10-11, 02:45 PM

Yeah the old Skyraider is one tough bird indeed the Mustang on the other was never known for its durability too bad ofr the Mustang though.

An Air Force pilot back in Nam in 66 or 67 was flying one the larger multi seat A-1s the E model I think when his wing man got hit by enemy fire and managed to crash his plane near a just abandoned Special Forces base.This guy made a couple of cannon passes to keep the NVA away from his buddies(whom he had no idea if the guy was even still alive or not) then he landed his A-1 on a near by road jumped out and found his wing man they ran back a flew away I dont think you could have pulled that off in very many aircraft not fixed wing ones anyway.The pilot received the MOH for that action the A-1 is inside the USAF museum at Wright-Patterson.

07-10-11, 02:45 PM	#9
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Yeah the old Skyraider is one tough bird indeed the Mustang on the other was never known for its durability too bad ofr the Mustang though. An Air Force pilot back in Nam in 66 or 67 was flying one the larger multi seat A-1s the E model I think when his wing man got hit by enemy fire and managed to crash his plane near a just abandoned Special Forces base.This guy made a couple of cannon passes to keep the NVA away from his buddies(whom he had no idea if the guy was even still alive or not) then he landed his A-1 on a near by road jumped out and found his wing man they ran back a flew away I dont think you could have pulled that off in very many aircraft not fixed wing ones anyway.The pilot received the MOH for that action the A-1 is inside the USAF museum at Wright-Patterson.