Post by jc on Oct 21, 2015 11:26:02 GMT
Hopefully the pilot OK after ejecting (stated elsewhere).
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-34593948
A US Navy F-18 jet has crashed in the Fens in Cambridgeshire, close to an RAF base.
Emergency services are at the scene on farm land in Redmere, near Ely, close to the Suffolk border.
A spokeswoman from RAF Lakenheath said the jet had gone down four miles from RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk.
A Cambridgeshire Police spokesman said: "We are currently at the scene of a plane crash on farmland in Redmere, Ely.
"Details are sketchy at this stage and it is not known if there are any casualties."
A member of the public raised the alarm at 10:30 BST.
John