RAF pilot killed as WWII Spitfire crashes near British airbase

A Royal Air Force pilot died in a tragic accident when his World War II-era Spitfire fighter plane crashed near the RAF Coningsby airbase in eastern England. The cause of the crash is currently unknown. The incident occurred just days before wartime aircraft are scheduled to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the June 6, 1944 Allied invasion of Normandy.