WWII aircraft grounded for D-day anniversary after fatal Spitfire crash
by Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6N6QZ)
RAF says Battle of Britain flight will not take place because of safety concerns arising from death of pilot Sqn Ldr Mark Long
No second world war aircraft will participate in tribute flypasts marking the 80th anniversary of D-day next week after the crash of a Spitfire in Lincolnshire last week that killed its pilot.
The RAF said the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) would continue to be grounded in its entirety because specialist crash investigators had not yet been unable to establish the cause of the accident that killed Sqn Ldr Mark Long.
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