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A 70-year-old Wisconsin man was killed in a fiery crash Sunday, Nov. 8, when his military-style jet plunged into a field in Mayfield, Kentucky , shortly after takeoff.

The accident turned a cross-country flight alongside his daughter into a sudden tragedy.

The pilot, identified as James Alan Michaels of Dousman, Wisconsin, and his 35-year-old daughter, Tonie Michaels, were flying separate L-39 Albatros jets.

"The father and daughter were flying back to Wisconsin from Mississippi," the Graves County Sheriff's Office told Fox News Digital.

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The pair had been at an air show and stopped at an airport in Mayfield to get fuel, the sheriff's office said.

After takeoff, "they were gaining altitude and the deceased ... said he was having issues ," the sheriff's office said.…