Re - oldsoldier

Are you saying that the Apache helicopter is completely and utterly impervious to a .303 bullet no matter where the bullet strikes the aircraft. I think the following refers to the Apache in question.

Wikipedia quote

'Recent reports indicate that the helicopter is vulnerable to ground forces in certain environments, such as when operating in urban terrain. Since 2003, Iraqi ground troops and insurgents were able to damage propulsion and flight control systems with ground fire, sometimes forcing the helicopters to make immediate emergency landings or shooting them down. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, some Apaches were damaged in combat, including one captured by Iraqi troops near Karbala on March 24, 2003, and shown on Iraqi television. The captured helicopter was destroyed via airstrike the day after it was captured.[3] The March 24 attack, against an armored brigade of the Iraqi PHRASECENSOREDPOSTERSHOULDKNOWBETTER. Guard's Medina Division, was largely unsuccessful, apparently because the tank crews had set up a "flak trap" in broken terrain, employing their HMGs to good effect.[4][5] More recently two Apaches were lost along with their crews between January 28 and February 2, 2007 to Iraqi insurgent ground fire in Taji and Najaf.[6]'

EDIT

There is a CNN link with a video clip -
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/03/24/sprj.irq.apache.attack/index.html

I am not sure if this refers to the incident involving the Iraqi farmer or was another seperate Apache downing incident. It would be interesting to find and view the original footage from 2003 with the Iraqi farmers 'bagged Apache' to determine if it was one of 'Baghdad Bobs' propaganda pieces.