This will probably seem familiar after post 17...
In the mid 80s I spent 3 years as a student in a University Air Squadron (AFROTC equivalent, with 30-40 hours flying per year).
We flew the Scottish Aviation Bulldog, a trainer with similar performance to the T34, but a quite lethal reputation for not recovering from spins.
Our training required spin recovery practice every month.
One of the bases we used was RAF Woodvale, just north of Liverpool. A little to the northwest was Southport, then still quite popular as a seaside resort, and with extensive beaches. The beach also had a section approved as an emergency landing ground.
One summer, a Bulldog of a visiting squadron (not ours!) was doing spin training over the beach, and failed to recover. This was not unknown, given the 10,000 feet per minute descent rate in the spin, and rotation rate of 180 degrees per second. Both the instructor and student bailed out, and landed safely by parachute on the beach- the wind in fact carried them close to a large group of bikini-clad beach babes, who rushed to help.
So far so good, just that year's Bulldog loss, no one hurt.
The squadron CO then flew over, saw one of his aircraft wrecked on the beach, and decided to land to investigate. He found a patch of soft sand, the undercarriage dug in, and his aircraft then tipped over and was written off. This arrival was far less impressive for the beach babes...