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During pullup for airshow maneuver was struck by another aerobatic A75N1 from above. Both crashed..(.4) a flight of four airplanes were participating in an airshow. The flight leader of the demonstration team stated, they had just completed an arrowhead formation. The number 2 and number 3 airplanesmoved into the diamond formation. The flight team completed the 5/8 loop portion of a 1/2 cuban eight, set the 45 degree inverted downline, completed a 1/2 roll to the upright position, and was beginning the entry into a `clover' loop, when the accident occurred. Witnesses and video from tv stations indicated that the flight leader, number 3, and number 4 airplanes started pulling up out of a dive to initiate the diamond `clover' loop, when the number 2 airplane continued to descend and collided with the number 4 airplane. (-23) this accident occurred during a formation aerobatic performance of the red baron stearman squadron at the airshow of the stars, Kissimmee Municipal Airport, Kissimmee, Florida. The participating aircraft were four Boeing stearmans; N802RB, N803RB, N805RB, and N806RB. While in transition from a formation half cuban eight to the climb for a formation diamond loop, N802RB was struck from above by N806RB. Both aircraft sustained catastrophic structural damage, became locked together, and upon impact with the ground, were destroyed by a post crash fire.