The pilot saw things, and probably did things that deeply affected him. Not just bombing or shooting, but something else, something covert. The guilt and horror slowly start to destroy him.
Then he says to "pack a bag", note, only one, and he'll meet her. Clearly he planned on going somewhere with her but why? And if they're going away why not tell her where? Because he was getting away from what he'd done, and possibly telling people about it. He is killed, but there's no mention of the air force telling her what happened.
If he was killed on a mission, even a secret one, you'd expect they'd tell the wife. Swear her to secrecy maybe, but still she'd be told. Otherwise she'd make a fuss and ask where he was, endangering security. But they didn't tell her, because he was probably killed by the people he worked with, to stop him talking.
The pilot saw things, and probably did things that deeply affected him. Not just bombing or shooting, but something else, something covert. The guilt and horror slowly start to destroy him.
Then he says to "pack a bag", note, only one, and he'll meet her. Clearly he planned on going somewhere with her but why? And if they're going away why not tell her where? Because he was getting away from what he'd done, and possibly telling people about it. He is killed, but there's no mention of the air force telling her what happened.
If he was killed on a mission, even a secret one, you'd expect they'd tell the wife. Swear her to secrecy maybe, but still she'd be told. Otherwise she'd make a fuss and ask where he was, endangering security. But they didn't tell her, because he was probably killed by the people he worked with, to stop him talking.