No-one has yet mentioned "Spitfire Bridge" on the old Winchester bypass. There are stories about an aircraft, alledgedley a Spitfire but actually a P40 I believe, flying under this bridge and coming face-to-face with a lorry! I believe that it hit the bridge and was from a local airfield around Winchester area. Anyone any more details?
Years ago I saw a photo (I believe in the Southampton Hall Of Aviation, as it was then) showing a P-40 with a damaged wingtip sitting upside down on a grass field having had a landing mishap; the caption described it as the aircraft which had flown under 'Spitfire Bridge' and clipped the arch as it took evasive action from the lorry. Although several feet of wingtip was lost, the aircraft remained controllable up to the point of touchdown. Growing up in Southampton, and having passed under Spitfire Bridge many times, the photo and caption stuck in my mind. This site appears to confirm the details, with the date 19 Oct 41:
http://http://www.hampshireairfields.../hancrash.html
At the other end of the country, I heard talk some years ago of a SAR crew doing a Role Demo at Queensferry and arriving via a horizontal 8 around both Forth Bridges and departing via the same...