with the Rock Flt Lt who had an eye patch,
That would have been Kevin Ley. Was a student pilot at Leeming or Linton some time around 1963 when he wrapped himself and his Jowett Jupiter around a tree. After they rebuilt his face (to an extent) they told him that the RAF didnt want one-eyed pilots so he joined the rocks. Great sense of humour, he had a spare glass eye with an RAF roundel painted on it, and his party trick in the bar was to go into a corner and turn around with the roundel staring at you from his left socket. Hope he's still around - great guy
