My school was once buzzed by a couple of Starfighters back c 1980.
I guess if you were in Germany this may not be that unusual, but I was in the middle of Manchester when they screamed overhead. Turns out they were West German and had been over the UK on an exercise, gotten lost and were using railway lines as a guide but ended up low level over Manchester following the Styal loop.
I thought it was around the time of the Falklands. I saw them as they flew over my nanas house in Withington on way home from school (Old Moat). I was terrified as I thought we were still at war with the German and my mum probably thought WW3 had started. Someone has done a rather decent painting of the event. Says it was around 81/82 :
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I thought it was around the time of the Falklands. I saw them as they flew over my nanas house in Withington on way home from school (Old Moat). I was terrified as I thought we were still at war with the German and my mum probably thought WW3 had started. Someone has done a rather decent painting of the event. Says it was around 81/82 :
https://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/topic/manchester-misshap-w-i-p/