I understand what you mean as to the crew and especially the Officer in Charge (pilot) would have a bad effeciency report for losing the aircraft as to enemy forcing him down.
The military does not give second chances.
The military does not give second chances.
i.e., the sub grounding and no sea mount on the charts.....
but back to the Pueblo ...
The aircraft collided with a Chinese fighter plane. It had to make an emergency landing. Translation: It wasn't the pilot's fault and he had to use all of his strenghth as a former University of Nebraska football lineman to get the aircraft under control and land safely saving the lives of himself and the other 23 in the crew.