Originally Posted by
Don't sink
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The Telegragh and others say Jon is the first Red Arrows fatality in 33 years...this does a great dis-service to the likes of Flt Lt Neil "Clachy" MacClachlan sadly killed while with the Reds in 1988, another great pilot and friend to those that new him.
I believe the incident you refer to happened during practise and that this is the first fatality
during a display flight.