A father and son pairing from the Greater London area who died when their light aircraft collided in mid-air with another plane during an air race have been named.
Michael Willis, 73, from Stanmore, Middlesex, and 42-year-old James Willis, from Hillingdon, north London, were in a four-seater Mooney M20B aircraft when it crashed with a sports aircraft over Havenstreet on the Isle of Wight just before the end of the race.
The Mooney M20B is understood to have broken up in mid-air and plummeted into remote woodland just after 5pm on Sunday, killing the pair.
The sports aircraft, also carrying two men, suffered damage but limped safely back to Bembridge Airport with both its occupants escaping serious injury.
The identities of the two men were confirmed by race organisers.
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