This bum was never a war hero, he was a crappy pilot who was permitted to keep flying because his father was the Admiral in charge. He got captured because he was an incompetent pilot. Bum.
Your first statement is correct; and for contrast, his father was a WWII military leader America could be proud of.
You second statement suggests that capture is the result of crappy flying and out of respect for all the good pilots who have been captured by America's enemies, you probably didn't mean that. But, we can say his shoot-down resulted in a lucky NVN gunner winning a bicycle.