Single seater down near Corby

[Echo Romeo]

Midget Mustang, pilot injured but okay, aircraft trashed.

[golfbananajam]

Happened on Sunday near Spanhoe, from the BBC article, pilot suffered leg injuries which are not believed to be life-threatening

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-49064873

[DaveReidUK]

Almost certainly Leicester-based G-AWIR:

[VictorGolf]

It certainly looks like it from the BBC pictures.

[treadigraph]

It is. Remember seeing it in the hangar at Leicester in the early 80s covered in dust. Nice to see it has been active, what a shame it's oranges. Hope the pilot is mended soonest.

[N707ZS]

Both planes had been to Breighton fly-in on Sunday. Sad day for both.

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by N707ZS

Both planes had been to Breighton fly-in on Sunday. Sad day for both.

Were there two aircraft involved ?

[N707ZS]

Sorry, the aircraft in the picture above and the one in the alps mentioned elsewhere were at Breighton.

[Hipper]

AAIB report on the BBC:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-50780832

How strange that it has some things in common with this crash in August 1960 involving my father's Valiant (see post 5 for a summary):

http://www.pprune.org/military-aviat...ighlight=xd864