>Обнаружил в сети следующую биографию Джон Маккейн.
>Интересующий меня эпизод выделил болдом.
>Это правда, что ЕГО ракета причиной пожара или он просто был в одном из самолетов который загорелся.
Ракета была подвешена под F-4, John McCain сидел в своем A-4.
Approximately 10:52hrs. on July 29, 1967, while preparations for a second round of strikes in Vietnam were being made near 19°9′5″N 107°23′5″E / 19.15139, 107.38472 (Tonkin Gulf), an unguided 5-inch Mk-32 "Zuni" rocket, one of four contained in a LAU-10 underwing rocket pod mounted on a F-4 Phantom II, was accidentally fired due to an electrical power surge during the switch from external power to internal power.
With his aircraft surrounded by flames, LCDR John McCain escaped his A4 by climbing out of the cockpit, walking partially down the nose refueling probe and jumping off onto the flight deck.