Tornado Crash at Abingdon
I remember this one going overhead, sounded awful having ingested a lot of birds. I'll never forget the sound. The aircraft flew over a housing estate, not much choice on that so far as I recall, the pilot aimed for a field beyond, the crew ejected at an unhealthily low altitude. The aircraft came down in the field, having missed all the houses, skided across a busy road missing everything and came to rest in another field. Crewmen started directing traffic around the debris.
I can tell you the feelings in the town were universally positive about RAF pilot's abilities when things go wrong and options get thin. Not many yards either way could have wiped out quite a few homes, at tea time.
Last edited by msbbarratt; 24th Feb 2019 at 18:30.