It's a duty of command, of course,
you have a repatriation ceremony where,
on the aircraft to go home with as
I was very clear to my men who were
absolutely,
emotions to get the better of them because
important that We show as
But then you carry on,
They are— they go home to their grieving
I wrote to all the families at the time,
looked after by others.
But the moment you get home, though,
is then to make sure you go and look them
So the weekend after we got back,
And it was more harrowing
Because the— I mean,
of course was unimaginable.
I mean, you know, parent myself, I, um,
through could ever match that.
I mean, nothing we,
could match the grief of 4 families.
And seeing each one in turn and telling
um,
to know every detail, others were
was just one of the most
But it is necessary.
And I just, I mean,
I think, as I've said,
you should be wide-eyed about
You know, that is the result.
But for each family, no amount of
serving their Queen and country will help.
It's never going to be worth it for them,
help them understand that their sons,
lost their lives serving the country
And that the memories they should have
fine young men, and that their squadron
that their comrades will never forget
that we're proud to have known them,
and that we grieve too.
It's not going to
but it might just,
them to know that, um,
