Can't beat a Merlin....
Go see and hear one of the last few Spits, or better yet a Lancaster.
I once got overflown at treetop height by a Lanc while I was riding my motorbike. Suddenly the sky went dark and my tiny infernal combustion engine was swamped in pure throbbing noise.
Jets just ain't the same, and there's always that kerosene backwash, too.