"..inference he was a military pilot flat wrong...should be rebutted"? Really, TOFO? Why's that? How does whether or not he was awarded his wings bear on this accident at all?
Not long ago another pilot of a single engined jet tragically lost his life in an unexplained display crash. I don't recall any of this delving into his background -and if there had been, I suspect it would have provoked a furious response. Why is there a different set of rules here?