There was a Swordfish pilot credited with 2 kills in WW2.
He was being attacked by 2 Italian fighters and he dived for
the sea pulling out just above the wavetops. They misjudged
their pullout and splashed in either side of him.

You remind me that in _To War in a Stringbag_, the author tells of
accidentally causing the death of a fellow RNAS pilot the same way, in
mock combat.

vince norris