Pilot killed as U.S. Marine jet crashes in eastern England

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The pilot of a U.S. fighter jet was killed on Wednesday when it crashed on farmland after taking off from a U.S. Air Force (USAF) base in eastern England, officials said. "A military aircraft which had taken off from RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk came down at about 10.30 a.m," a police spokeswoman said. "We can confirm one fatality and believe there was just one person on board the aircraft." Officials from Lakenheath and another nearby USAF air base at RAF Mildenhall said further details were due to be released shortly.




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