He was. The video shows him performing an areobatic move in a old fighter-trainer aircraft and the dive was too steep and it couldn't pull out in time. It's that, or during the maneuvering he subjected himself to G-forces and blacked out, or he may have had a heart attack or stroke thus losing control... it's a tough video to watch.
Was he flying?
Was he near Whidbey Island?
He was. The video shows him performing an areobatic move in a old fighter-trainer aircraft and the dive was too steep and it couldn't pull out in time. It's that, or during the maneuvering he subjected himself to G-forces and blacked out, or he may have had a heart attack or stroke thus losing control... it's a tough video to watch.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-3206689/Video-Astronaut-Apollo-8-mission-killed-crashing-small-plane.html