Sarah,
I did not know your father personally but I knew of him. In particular, I remember the Buccaneer accident as I was based nearby at the time. I've found a few items for you online:
This picture show Officer Cadet T R Adcock on No 196 Course at No 1 Initial Training School RAF South Cerney in 1964 (the photo is not mine).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...scan0019-1.jpg
The precise date of the accident you referred to - the Buccaneer aircraft avoiding the German civilian helicopter - was 14 June 1978.
After he retired from the RAF for the first time, he was awarded a Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air on 31 December 1981.
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/...ge/29/data.pdf
He was reinstated on the Active List as a Specialist Aircrew squadron leader on 28 April 1982.
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/.../7566/data.pdf
He was awarded an OBE in the 1999 News Year's Honours List - that is exceptionally noteworthy as it is more usual for a squadron leader to be awarded the MBE.
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/...ent/6/data.pdf
Hopefully these items will help to piece together a small part of the story of his career in the RAF.