Last transmission was that they were returning to base after supporting a dustoff. Two weeks or so listed as an MIA until a patrol found the remains of the helicopter. He always told my dad not to worry about him getting taken prisoner. He said the cobra was nothing but fuel and munitions.
God bless him. I think the average life expectancy of a cobra pilot in Viet Nam was about 90 days. I worked with a guy who was a cobra pilot. Got shot down twice. My best friends cousin got shot down and didn’t make it. Those guys had guts.