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Originally Posted by ThorHammer
He was only in 3 aircraft that crashed; one due to engine failure, one due to a flameout, and one due to enemy fire. As for the aircraft destroyed while he was waiting for take off, that was due to a accidental rocket discharge from another aircraft across the deck. There was nothing he could have done about that.
None of these incidents show that he was incompetent.
That is because you have no idea what you are talking about.
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I count five... the flameout over the gulf, the clipping of the wires while flying too close to the ground, the flameout returning from an army navy game, the forrestal inferno and his being shot down...
my credentials are not germaine to the discussion any more than yours are...
but...
I served
ON THE GROUND in Viet Nam... did you?