Originally Posted by
treadigraph
That was at Bex - a very small strip - in 1978; the Dutch Harvard taxied onto the runway as Pete Thorn started rolling for take off - as I recall he got the tail up, saw the Harvard but it was too late to avoid/stop and they collided head on. Fair bit of damage to both airframes, Spit V was rebuilt, I believe the Harvard is presently being restored after many years in storage.
(Edit: In the past Discorde has very kindly provide links to
some of the late Neil Williams' articles from Shell Aviation News -
herewith his tale of operating a Spitfire from Bex! )
See here for a Dutch language page with several photos and some bits of accident report (in English):
Ongevallen/incidenten 1978