His own aircraft (painted in United Nations colours) was destroyed on the ground by a man who went on to be India's Navy Chief many years later. His account of

His own aircraft (painted in United Nations colours) was destroyed on the ground by a man who went on to be India's Navy Chief many years later. His account of the engagement makes for a good read, and there's a paragraph on Yeager's reaction to the destruction of the plane too - > I never found out how the UN reacted to the destruction of its plane, but Yeager's response was anything but dispassionate. He raged to his cowering colleagues at a staff meeting. His voice resounding through the embassy, he proclaimed that the Indian pilot not only knew exactly what he was doing but had been specifically instructed by Indira Gandhi to blast Yeager's plane. In his book he later said that it was the Indian way of giving Uncle Sam "the finger" http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/history/1971war/1278-chuck-yeager.html#gsc.tab=0 http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/history/1971war/1278-chuck...