Beat-up effects
Filthy weather and no flying today so settled down for the annual re-read of that WW2 classic 'Night Fighter'. Amongst much else, there's a wonderful description of a Mosquito beat-up in which the author writes: "The other aircraft lifted only just clear of our roof, and for a moment I thought he had left it too late. The pressure wave struck down viciously as he flashed over the top of us".
I've often wondered about this description and whether it reflects reality. If you're lucky (?) enough to be underneath a very fast low-flying aircraft of Mosquito size, does a "pressure wave" do any such thing? A Chipmunk at about 50ft and 90-odd knots certainly doesn't cause any discernible pressure effect, but that's the closest I've been to anything vaguely similar.
Any thoughts from the learned?