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Spitfire repainted as ‘special tribute’ to RAF pilot Mark Long

A Spitfire has been repainted to honour an RAF display pilot killed in a crash earlier this year.

Sqn Ldr Mark Long, a member of the RAF’s Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF), died when the Spitfire he was flying crashed into a field in Lincolnshire on 25 May.

BBMF bosses shared an image of another aircraft in its fleet – Spitfire TE311 – displaying the fictitious squadron code L-NG, adding the paint job was their “special tribute”.

On Saturday, a wreath was laid in memory of Sqn Ldr Long at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.


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