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Originally Posted by FLYING BANANA
Trying to remember the name of the pilot that took the P-38 Lighting into the ground. Kept looping the loop but was too low.
Then there was the Air Commodore who ground looped the Messerschmidt 109f.
Or The Phantom who buzzed the wrong airfield. Flying into either Lakenheath or Mildenhall the pilot mistook Stanstead for Duxford.
Lots of stories from a time we enjoyed.
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Sadly, a great pilot Hoof Proudfoot was in the P38 , a terrible crash in front of the crowd (1996).
I was there when Sir John Allison was piloting the Bf109 (1997), and we were already discussing his loss of power when he tried to land; therefore due to loss of hydraulics and the museum looming, he hopped the M11, only to find a freshly ploughed field. The aircraft flipped, but luckily did not catch fire; he chose to remain in the aircraft until it could be lifted so that no more damage was caused to it.