Funeral of RAF pilot who died in Tornado jet crash to take place

Funeral: Flight Lieutenant Adam Mark Sanders died when two jets crashed on July 3.

The funeral of an RAF pilot killed in a Tornado jet crash will take place on Friday.

Flight Lieutenant Adam Mark Sanders will be laid to rest at St Aidan’s Church at RAF Lossiemouth at 12noon.

The 27-year-old was one of four personnel from RAF Lossiemouth involved in the incident in which two Tornado GR4s came down in the Moray Firth on July 3.

Flight Lieutenant Hywel Poole, 28, and Squadron Leader Samuel Bailey, 26, also died in the accident.

A fourth member of the flight crew is recovering from his injuries in hospital in Aberdeen.

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