After seeing two Oxfords fall out of the sky.
We were very young and innocent in those days!
On the first day of flying,- a fatal crash, - we probably felt must be normal!
The instructor did not blink an eyelid and made no reference to it during the flight. One of my pals was within fifty yards and he held one of the pilots in his arms as the lad died. Ivan's tunic was covered with blood and he got a
from the Flight Commander for approaching the crash. He got another from stores when he applied for a new tunic!