Spitfire crash which killed Royal Air Force pilot 'very likely' caused by decades-old debris

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Spitfire crash which killed Royal Air Force pilot 'very likely' caused by decades-old debris.

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Decades-old debris inside a downed Spitfire has been deemed "very likely" to have been the cause of a crash that killed a Royal Air Force pilot, an investigation has concluded.Squadron Leader Mark Long, 43, died when his Supermarine Spitfire crashed during a Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) display near RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire on May 25 2024.The crash happened at 1.16pm, shortly after Mr Long took off to conduct a series of flypasts and a display as part of the BBMF schedule.Mr Long was flying Spitfire MK356, which was built at the Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory, owned by the Morris Motors Company, in Birmingham in early 1944.

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