The RAF pilot who died in a Spitfire crash at a Battle of Britain memorial event ‘will be cherished and deeply missed’, his family has said. Squadron Leader Mark Long, 43, was taking part in ...

A Royal Air Force pilot who died in a Spitfire crash suffered head and neck injuries, an inquest has heard. The five-minute hearing was told Squadron Leader Mark Long was pronounced dead at the ...

The RAF has issued a statement amid an ongoing investigation into a fatal Spitfire crash. Squadron Leader Mark Long was ...

World War Two fighter aircraft grounded after a fatal crash are to fly again, the RAF has said. The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) stopped using its Merlin-engined Hurricanes and Spitfires ...

Per the Associated Press and the BBC, it was a World War II-era Spitfire fighter plane belonging ... statement confirming Squadron Leader Mark Long had died in the accident.

were temporarily grounded and investigations carried out following the loss of Spitfire Mk IX MK356 and its pilot, Squadron Leader Mark Long, in a crash on 25 May 2024. The first to resume ...

The man in charge of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) has paid tribute to a "remarkable" Spitfire pilot who died in a crash last month. Mark Long was pronounced dead at the scene after ...

Its Lancaster was grounded after the crash as it used Merlin engines ... and 80th anniversaries of VE and VJ Day." Sqn Ldr Mark Long was killed when his Spitfire crashed near RAF Coningsby ...