RAF jet crash victims named

Jul 3 2009

Tributes have been paid to an RAF pilot and navigator who died when their Tornado jet crashed into a Scottish hillside.

Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Thompson and Flight Lieutenant Nigel Morton, of 43 Squadron at RAF Leuchars, Fife, were killed in the crash in Argyll on Thursday.

Wing Commander David Hazell, the squadron's commanding officer, said: "Their deaths are a huge loss to the Squadron and the Tornado F3 Force as a whole.