SUBJECTS >> OPERATIONS >> Bosnia
AIRCRAFT >> FIGHTERS >> F-16
SUBJECTS >> OPERATIONS >> Expeditionary Force
Catalog Number:
1995.104
Location:
BLDG 201, B-WING, 3RD FLR
Description:
Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady in a display of True Grit after surviving six days in hostile territory in Bosnia-Herzgeovina. O'Grady's F-16 fighter jet was shot down over Northern Bosnia on June 2, 1995. For almost six days the downed pilot hid in enemy territory living on bugs, rainwater and hope. On the sixth day, Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit flew deep into Bosnia to rescue the downed pilot.