Shoreham Air Crash: Fifth Victim Named

A fifth victim of the Shoreham air crash has been named as Mark Reeves, who had driven to the airshow to photograph planes.

A statement released by Mr Reeves' family said he had gone to the airshow to combine his two hobbies - riding his motorbike
and taking pictures of aircraft. The CAD technician is the latest person to be identified as a victim of the crash in Sussex last Saturday, in which 11 people are thought to have died.
He is yet to be formally identified by police with the Sussex force saying it could take weeks before all the names can be officially released.
The statement from his family said: "Mark Reeves - motorbiker, golfer, photographer, fund-raiser - but above all else, son, brother, husband, father and grandfather.

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"Mark, who was 53, died while he was combining two of his favourite hobbies having ridden his cherished Honda motorbike to Shoreham to photograph the planes at the airshow.
"As many times before he had travelled to an airshow and parked up on the outskirts to grab the best photos, but he had never been to the Shoreham Airshow before.
"We will remember him as a gentle, loving, incredibly giving family man, husband to Wendy, father to Luke, granddad to three beautiful grand-daughters, brother to Denise and loving son of Ann and Kenneth.
"With his family he moved to Seaford nine years ago, drawn by our love of the sea and for Mark in particular, love of the sun.
"He was a sun worshipper and an enthusiastic holidaymaker, travelling to Fuerteventura and Madeira in recent years and would often be seen relaxing with a cocktail in hand.
"He worked as a CAD technician in West London and lived life to the full, parachuting and abseiling for cancer charities and also having a go at para-gliding and gliding.

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"He will be missed by so many, not least the doctors and staff at the Seaford medical practice where Wendy works, who, like everyone who met Mark, were touched by his generosity, caring nature and overwhelmingly genuine, caring nature.
"We thank everyone who has sent their love, condolences and prayers and while we appreciate that many others will be experiencing similar unspeakable grief in such tragic and public circumstances, that we now be allowed to grieve ourselves in private and in peace."
The crash happened when a Hawker Hunter came down on to the A27 in West Sussex as it failed to pull out of a loop-the-loop manoeuvre and hit several cars.
The pilot Andrew Hill is critically ill and fighting for his life at Royal Sussex County Hospital.
Others who have been identified as having been killed are; wedding car driver Maurice Abrahams, 76, Worthing United players Matthew Grimstone and Jacob Schilt, both 23, and personal trainer Matt Jones, 24.
The A27 has been closed since the crash, and Sussex Police said it is likely to reopen on Bank Holiday Monday.

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Hundreds of floral tributes have been laid at a bridge near the scene and West Sussex coroner Penny Schofield has begun the process of formally identifying those who died.
Specialists - including forensic archaeologists, anthropologists, odontologists and pathologists have been brought in to help with the process of discovering who was killed.
An interim report  from Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) investigators is expected in the next few days.
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has said that there will be restrictions on air shows and on the flying of vintage jets "until further notice".
An air show that was due to take place at Durham Tees Valley Airport on Saturday has been postponed as a result, but one in Clacton, Essex, scheduled for this Thursday and Friday is set to go ahead as it is over water, not land.
Air displays still scheduled to take place include those in Dunsfold, Surrey, Dartmouth, Devon and Little Gransden, Cambridgeshire.