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- ´óÏó´«Ã½ Southern Counties Radio
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- Norman Foord
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- Brighton, East Sussex
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- A4684197
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- 03 August 2005
I was at Varndean and there was lots of aircraft activity, we’re talking about 1943 I suppose, and this aircraft flew over and suddenly its engine stopped. There’s this aircraft spiralling down and it crashed about a hundred yards from where I was sitting. It was in Patcham, between two hedges, Farm Road or Farm Close and the pilot was killed and there was fire and bricks exploding — absolute chaos.
As it came down, we ran to the site of the crash.
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