On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:25:37 GMT, "Red Rider"
postulated :

In 1956 Tom Attridge, in an F11F-1 became the first man to shoot himself
down. He did survive.

We were in Gitmo for gunnery when that happened. They gathered us all
together and said that the incident was secret and our mail would be
censored to keep the rest of the world from discovering this. The
second day one of the metalsmiths received a letter at mail call. In
it was a clipping from his wife. The episode was in the Norfolk
newspaper. So much for secrecy.

On that same cruise a mysterious gash appeared in front of the port
intake of an F11F. It was between the two gun ports yet nothing was
inhaled by the engine. BuAer nor Grumman never did figure that one
out.