A single small-calibre round through the skin of an aircraft, the metal torn outward into bright petals around the hole. Aircraft flying close air support and rescue escort over Southeast Asia worked at altitudes where every weapon on the ground could reach them, and damage of this kind was an ordinary result of a day's work. The Douglas A-1 Skyraider owed much of its reputation to its ability to absorb such hits and bring its pilot home. Project: 219827