… suppressing and engaging the enemy and in a close in gunfight to keep them away from the front seater and allow the pickup force to get into the objective area. During this engagement, one of the Sandy aircraft, the one primarily responsible for communicating with the downed pilot, was hit by enemy fire. This pilot continued to fight, continued the mission and then upon exit flew his aircraft into another country and determined that the airplane was not landable. (34:08–34:19)
CLAIM
Asserts that a Sandy aircraft was hit by enemy fire during the mission.
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