The Edge 360 plane crashed in flames at Old Buckenham Airfield in Norfolk . A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said: 'RAF Coningsby is aware that a Tornado has gone missing from its base and we are working closely with our partners to establish what happened. Pilot who died in the incident has been named locally as David Jenkins . ' He was the best bloke I knew , ' said a friend who wished not to be named .
The Edge 360 plane crashed in flames at Old Buckenham Airfield in Norfolk . Eyewitnesses saw single-engine aircraft go into a flat spin at about 2.45pm . Pilot who died in the incident has been named locally as David Jenkins . 'He was the best bloke I knew , ' said a friend who wished not to be named .