The pilot of a Spitfire involved in a fatal crash in Lincolnshire has been named. Ministry of Defence officials named the pilot as Squadron Leader Mark Long, who was due to take over the Battle of ...

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 ...

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) will miss the Trooping of the Colour on Saturday following the tragic death of Mark Long. The King's Birthday Parade, also known as Trooping the Colour, is ...

Some have been left wondering when - or indeed if - the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's Spitfires (front) and Hurricanes will return to the skies Four months after a Spitfire crashed killing its ...

For almost seven decades, it was a staple of the British summer, a reminder of the nation's enduring debt to the Royal Air Force pilots who fended off Adolf Hitler's Luftwaffe as the heavens blazed ...

Battle of Britain Memorial Flight aircraft will not take part in next week's D-Day anniversary events after the death of one of its pilots in a Spitfire crash. Squadron Leader Mark Long was killed in ...

The Royal Air Force pilot who died in a Spitfire crash near RAF Coningsby this Bank Holiday weekend has been named as Mark Long. Police and emergency services rushed to the scene on Langrick Road, in ...

Two of the UK Royal Air Force's Shorts Tucano T1 trainers have ditched their usual black colour schemes as part of the service's efforts to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.

A Royal Air Force pilot who died in a Spitfire crash “lived his life with an unwavering passion” and “will be cherished and deeply missed”, his family said. Squadron Leader Mark Long, 43, died in a ...

Four months after a Spitfire crashed killing its pilot Sqn Ldr Mark Long, the RAF's Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's fighter planes remain grounded. As the investigation continues, there are doubts ...