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Victorian police have confirmed the search for the wreckage of a military-style jet that crashed into Port Phillip Bay will continue at 8am this morning.

Pilot Stephen Gale and his passenger, cameraman James Rose, were on board one of two light Viper S-211 Marchetti planes conducting a formation flight that collided mid-air about 1.45pm on Sunday.