That Spitfire/R44 close call reminds me of another really close one in 1997 near Wells at 250ft AGL between a Twin Squirrel helicopter on Police work and a RAF Tucano.
AAIB Bulletin 2/98
The helicopter pilot was a good friend, a CAA Flight Ops Inspector, who was flying as part of his required annual hours. The collision took off the helicopter's tail skid and damaged the top the Tucano's fin. The gods were smiling on them that day.
Many years ago there was a similar extremely close call near Yeovilton between a Sea Harrier and a RN Wessex 5 in cloud. This is the recollection of the Wessex pilot, a bit of a comedian as you will see:
To my certain knowledge the Wessex is the only helicopter ever to have successfully taken on a Sea Harrier in air to air combat and won, forcing the damaged stovie to return to base unable to continue, whilst the victorious and gallant Wessex crew, of which I was the Captain, landed at a nearby inn and celebrated their historic victory. This followed a mid air collision in cloud and did result in a little cosmetic surgery required around the tail wheel area of the Wessex and a new tailfin for the Harrier. Spookily, the Air Traffic Team on watch at the time happened to be a husband and wife, one of whom was controlling me and the other a USMC exchange pilot in the Sea Harrier. More importantly than these very important details was the fact that husband and wife had fallen out at the time of the incident!
The helicopter pilots' mantra: If it hasn't gone wrong then it's just about to...
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