▁part ▁in ▁the ▁attack , ▁by ▁attack ing ▁the ▁F - 1 0 5 ▁formation ▁with ▁their ▁can n ons . ▁Meanwhile , ▁as ▁North ▁Vietnam ese ▁ground ▁controllers ▁saw ▁their ▁f ighter ▁aircraft ▁ab e am ▁the ▁strike ▁flight ▁and ▁outside ▁the ▁rad ar ▁range ▁of ▁the ▁F - 4 ▁formation , ▁they ▁ordered ▁the ▁Mi G - 2 1 ▁f igh ters ▁to ▁clim b ▁up ▁to ▁. ▁Ch ieu ▁and ▁C oc ▁then ▁div ed ▁out ▁from ▁an ▁over cast ▁and ▁swe pt ▁down ▁on ▁' F ord ' ▁flight ▁and ▁the ▁strike ▁formation ; ▁Ch ieu ▁fired ▁a ▁miss ile ▁at ▁an ▁F - 1 0 5 ▁and ▁C oc ▁fired ▁an ▁R - 3 S ▁At oll ▁miss ile ▁which ▁successfully ▁destroyed ▁' F ord ▁ 4 ' ▁( 6 6 - 0 2 3 8 , ▁ 8 th ▁T F W ), ▁pil oted ▁by ▁Major ▁Charles ▁R . ▁Ty ler . ▁Short ly ▁afterwards , ▁Ch ieu ▁turned ▁his ▁aircraft ▁around ▁and ▁fired ▁a ▁miss ile ▁at ▁another ▁F - 4 , ▁but ▁it ▁missed . ▁C oc ▁also ▁tried ▁to ▁score ▁another ▁kill , ▁but ▁he ▁st rayed ▁into ▁Ch ieu ' s ▁line ▁of ▁fire ▁as ▁the ▁latter ▁was ▁div ing ▁down ▁from ▁above ▁firing ▁his ▁ 2 0 mm ▁can non . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁C oc ' s ▁Mi G - 2 1 ▁was ▁dam aged ▁but ▁the ▁controls ▁were ▁still ▁working ▁properly , ▁so ▁he ▁requested ▁to ▁carry