Some Bad News

ChrisB · May 25

A Spitfire of The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, out of Conningsby has crashed with loss of life.

Wussername · May 25

Dreadful news. The loss of an experienced pilot.

Jbx5 · May 25

Sad news Chris, only last Sept we visited the spotless hanger where these iconic aircraft are looked after. Tragic loss of an RAF pilot.

John

oceandawn · May 25

That is so shocking.As we drove through Langrick on the way down here this Spitfire was flying above

Jbx5 · May 25

11 minutes ago, oceandawn said:

That is so shocking.As we drove through Langrick on the way down here this Spitfire was flying above

Sorry for any confusion it wasn’t the aircraft in the photo that crashed.

dom · May 25

I heard about the crash earlier, then went out for a quick bike ride. Whilst I was out, a two ship Spitfire/Hurricane formation flew overhead and did a bit of a high speed circuit around the village. I'm not far from RAF Wyton and Warboys, so they sometimes do a "salute" to one or the other. Came home and heard the outcome of the accident. I now wonder whether the mini display was the other pilots making a show of respect.