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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tara Cobham

Battle of Britain Memorial Flight grounded after Spitfire pilot death

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The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight has been temporarily grounded after a Royal Air Force pilot died in a crash.

Squadron leader Mark Long was killed in a Spitfire crash near RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire during a Battle of Britain commemoration event on Saturday. Emergency services rushed to the scene on Langrick Road in Lincolnshire just before 1.20pm.

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