I have been very interested in the Red Baron for years. What amazes me, and I never realized because of his legend, he was only Twenty five years old when he died.
If you have a chance, go see that museum near Boeing field just south of Seattle. It has amazing exhibits from WW I, WW II, and Vietnam war. There is nothing there to show any heroism by pilot McCain.
IIRC he was shot in the heart and still managed to land the plane safely before he died.