And then, when he did get back in the cockpit and flew his first mission off Oriskanay, he went in crazy determined to make a show of himself, flew too low, and got shot down by AAA
All hs life he claimed it was a SAM- another lie to cover his own bad judgement
Man o man was he a loose cannon
In a different age he would have been deemed at the academy as psychologically unsuitable for flight and for command
Radar guided AAA guns in NV were surface to 45K.