Neptune, I was thinking of exactly the same accident. Early morning weather check, Gouthwaite reservoir. I was with him earlier on the evening before the accident.
I was also at Gouthwaite earlier this year and quietly paid my respects to him, even though it must be 38 years ago.
RIP Flt Lt John Fox.
I vaguely recall another RAF accident, this time a Jaguar crashed after flying along a steep valley. The BOI concluded it was possibly the result of a visual illusion. The hillside had been planted with sapling fir trees, which the pilot may have thought to be fully grown trees, as per the other hillsides in the area. Using these as a reference, he flew far too low and suffered the inevitable consequences.
Another recollection: "Those sheep just down there aren't at all bothered by us low flying over them, are they?"
"Pull up you t**t, they're mushrooms!"
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