Bit harsh to blame the RAF
PR team as if they are necessarily guilty. I'd take a punt that they are a little more savvy to the release of such information. The Daily Fail could have easily picked up such knowledge via their network of 'experts'. Maybe some photographer simply took shots of each pilot who left the jets and assumed the one missing was the one named. Who knows? I heard TWO names. Regardless if it's a girl or not (and I wish THAT was never raised - unfair on KM), the news is very sad indeed.