I joined Dartmouth with Jack and went through flying training with him until he disappeared down the FJ pipeline. However, he reappeared in the RW domain a couple of years later when he had been "restreamed" for what he described as "Character and Leadership" problems at Wittering! So, he was on his first tour whilst I was on my second and we had some great flying in the Falklands and South Georgia before he went back to FW where his natural talents belonged.
The only person I know to have been killed by FOD: A piece of FOD struck a turbine blade at some time before the accident. It caused a stress raiser and the blade parted from the disc just as they were running up towards the ramp at Wittering. The departing blade struck a large valve unit which bent and pinned the aileron control rod against the side of the airframe. As the aircraft left the ramp, it started to roll, which could not be corrected as the control rod was immovable. The student ejected first, just in time, but Jack was so unfortunate to eject just after the airframe had passed 90 deg roll, so the inevitable happened; what a great shame.
His death prompted Yeovilton to change its attitude towards FOD and you will now be unable to find a cleaner airfield anywhere in this country! The RN flight Safety Centre kept the relevant parts of his aircraft to educate visitors on the importance of good FOD control and every visitor reeled at the story of how such a great man was lost due to a tiny object. Yeovilton's FOD policy was then adopted by DASC/DARS as the MOD FOD policy and therefore it is immesurable how many lives have been saved as a consequence of his tragic loss.
Gone but not forgotten matey.