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 ...

The Royal Air Force pilot who tragically died in a Spitfire crash near RAF Coningsby has been named as Mark Long. Emergency services raced to the scene on Langrick Road in Lincolnshire just before ...

stopped using its Merlin-engined Hurricanes and Spitfires following the death of Sqn Ldr Mark Long on 25 May 2024. The pilot was killed when the Spitfire he was flying crashed in a field near RAF ...

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

The aircraft were grounded last Saturday after a BBMF Spitfire crashed in Lincolnshire, killing Squadron Leader Mark Long, who had been due to take over the BBMF next year. An RAF spokesman said ...

The flight’s personnel have paid tribute to Sqn Ldr Long by incorporating his name into the markings on the side of its Spitfire Mk XVI TE311. Instead of a three-letter RAF squadron-and-aircraft ...

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) at RAF Coningsby, Lincs, resumed operation of its single-engine Merlin-powered fighter fleet on Friday, 14 March 2025, following a near 10-month grounding.

A Spitfire pilot's horrific injuries during a fatal plane crash have been revealed for the first time. The RAF has temporarily grounded the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) following the ...

Mark Long was pronounced dead at the scene after the Second World War Spitfire plane he was flying crashed to the ground in Coningsby on Saturday, May 25. Sqn Ldr Long was a Typhoon pilot at RAF ...