Almost 12 months after that catastrophic crash, Christopher Yarrow was finally declared fit enough to leave Bellington Hall, even though on occasion he still needed the aid of a stick to walk. He returned to his squadron, eager to get back in the air as a fighter pilot but after a medical examination, he was declared unfit to fly in combat. Blind in one eye, his reduced sight was not only a danger to himself (and risk a valuable aircraft) but it would put other pilots in danger if he was unable to see attacking enemy aircraft coming from his blindside. In addition, his distance perception was awry, judging his height to the ground whilst trying to land would be tricky, he could come in too low and crash, or too high and be unable to land.
He could have stayed on in an administrative pos
