New book - 'Red 5' - An investigation ...
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‘Red 5 - An investigation into the death of Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham’
A new book by David Hill, author of “Their Greatest Disgrace” (Chinook ZD576) and more recently “Breaking the Military Covenant” (Who speaks for the Dead ?)
Now available on Kindle for £3.99 (or similar in $US) from the usual watercourse. All proceeds to charity as usual.
The book explains in compelling detail, how this fatal accident came to happen and how Martin-Baker came to be prosecuted. It tells how the MoD allowed maintenance techniques to develop, that were specifically prohibited by Martin-Baker. It shows that the MoD declined to acquire simple seat modifications that would reduce or remove risk to aircrew. It shows the long trail of evidence (from 1952) which the MoD denied ever having received, which proved M-B was in the clear.
The rest of this sorry ‘judicial process’ dismissed or ignored the evidence, and Martin-Baker and their defence lawyers inexplicably failed to use it. To nearly everyone’s benefit there was thus no trial to expose and record these repeat mis-deeds by the MoD.
There are as usual, no explanations so far forthcoming from the many agencies complicit in diverting attention from the truth and perverting the course of justice, after yet another tragic and avoidable service death.
I respectfully suggest ‘Red 5’ should be compulsory reading for everyone who bravely risks their valuable backsides on any Martin-Baker ejector seat that has been procured and ‘serviced’ under the auspices of the UK Ministry of Defence.
LFH
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