Watch: Video shows the moment US fighter jets fly low over Endcliffe Park in memory of Mi Amigo
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This is the moment two America fighter jets flew low over Endcliffe Park in Sheffield, in tribute to a bomber crew killed during World War Two.
The United States Air Force sent the F15 Strike Eagle aircraft over the park this morning for a flypast to mark the 80th anniversary of the fatal crash of the B17 Mi Amigo, which crashed in the park in 1944, and is shown in the video.
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Hide AdThe two jets flew low over the part at 11am this morning, flying in from East to West.
A crowd of onlookers had gathered for the flypast, including Tony Foulds, who witnessed the crash in 1944.
The flypast came five years after a similar flypast in 2019, which was also in memory of the crew of the B17 bomber Mi Amigo.
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