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RAF crew dead in 'mid-air crash' RAF crew dead in 'mid-air crash'
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Two RAF personnel died when their plane and a glider collided in mid-air and both aircraft crashed to the ground. Two RAF personnel died when their light trainer plane and a glider collided in mid-air and crashed to the ground.
James O'Neill told the BBC he heard a loud crash before seeing the wreckage of a light aircraft and a glider in a field at Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire. Eye witness James O'Neill told the BBC he heard a loud crash before seeing the wreckage of both aircraft in a field at Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire.
He said he also saw the glider pilot, who survived, parachute to the ground. He he also saw the glider pilot, who survived, parachute to the ground.
The RAF personnel had been in a Tutor single-engine training craft when it collided with a civilian glider, the Ministry of Defence said. The RAF personnel had been in a Tutor single-engine training craft when it was in collision with a civilian glider, the Ministry of Defence said.
Police said the two people had died in the crash just after 1400 BST.Police said the two people had died in the crash just after 1400 BST.
'Parachuted down''Parachuted down'
Mr O'Neill added: "I heard a loud crash. Mr O'Neill said: "I heard a loud crash.
"The wreckage of a light aircraft and glider are lying in a field about 100 yards from my home so I assumed they hit mid-air."The wreckage of a light aircraft and glider are lying in a field about 100 yards from my home so I assumed they hit mid-air.
The police helicopter arrived within minutes (picture from James O'Neill)The police helicopter arrived within minutes (picture from James O'Neill)
"Someone parachuted down which I believe was the pilot from the glider."Someone parachuted down which I believe was the pilot from the glider.
"The Thames Valley Police helicopter was on the scene within three minutes, and the fire brigade a minute later.""The Thames Valley Police helicopter was on the scene within three minutes, and the fire brigade a minute later."
Five fire engines and are in attendance along with ambulance and police teams, the spokeswoman for the fire service added. Stuart Wilson who was in a field outside his house nearby said he saw a plane coming down vertically, nose down.
"There was a big impact noise when it hit the ground," he said.
Five fire engines attended along with ambulance and police teams, the spokeswoman for the fire service added.
Police said the next of kin of the RAF personnel were being informed.
In a separate incident on Saturday, a pilot died when the glider he was in crashed in a field in Ratley, Warwickshire, close to Banbury.In a separate incident on Saturday, a pilot died when the glider he was in crashed in a field in Ratley, Warwickshire, close to Banbury.