U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18s with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232 over the skies of Iraq on July 19, 2015. The ‘Red Devils’ of VMFA-232 are currently deployed with the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command and provide offensive strike and close air support to Operation Inherent Resolve. US Marine Corps Photo
Reuters: Pilot killed as U.S. Marine jet crashes in eastern England
The pilot of a U.S. Marine 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.
The U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet, belonging to the Marine Attack Fighter Squadron 232 based at Miramar, California, came down in Redmere near Ely, a rural area about 70 miles (110 km) north of London.
"Sadly, we can now confirm that the pilot of the crashed F-18 has died," the U.S. embassy in London said on its Twitter website.
The jet was one of six aircraft returning to Miramar from Bahrain when it crashed after taking off from RAF Lakenheath, a statement from the air base said.
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