october utc that website does not seem like a good source new sources ny times dec p a not op ed page a u s team seeks body of war pilot by tim weiner shortly after he speicher entered iraqi airspace his plane disintegrated in midair navy intelligence were never sure why they later concluded that he either had a freak midair collision with an iraqi mig or that the enemy plane shot him out of the sky aviation week space technology jan vol no p washington outlook section not hopeful senior military commanders who gathered here for the th anniversary of the persian gulf war are skeptical about the survival of lt cdr michael speicher the navy pilot who was shot down on the first night jan of attacks on iraq his f a crashed west of baghdad after being attacked by a mig