Up near Lancaster about 2002/3 I think it was a Jet-R line inspecting heli was whacked by a Tornado sadly killing two jet R Occupants with wreckage falling near to and adjacent to the M6 near to the Carnforth exit/entry. the Tornado A/c went on to land at Warton.
A few months later a CAA safety meet was scheduled to be held at Southport where there was a representative of the RAF to answer question about low level flying and Could GA A/c and Light Helis be seen by the low flying RAF aircraft, the answer was "yes we always see smaller A/c and Helis"..... it seemed quite a few of the attendees were quite amused by this comment and the downing of the Jet R was quite a topic of conversation at that meeting.
A few month later whilst flying a heli over the Airton/Malham area north of Skipton Yorkshire, I was about 1200ft a/gl and heading back to EGNH, I picked up a small white light looking like it was coming towards me, so I switched on my landing lights and held my alt about 15/ 20 seconds later I was sandwiched 1 high / 1 low between a pair of camouflage Tornadoes One Raf, and one Luftwaffe .. a bit of a shock to see the Iron Cross over Malham however I did get a cheery wave from the back seat of the German who was the low boy , I turned around as quick as I could to watch them go, but they were almost out of site already,.. I often wondered though if they had seen me or was it my application of Landing light that would have highlighted me..?
Peter R-B