I was at Wisley that grey Sunday afternon in July 1957 with a school friend courtesy of my father who worked at that airfield. We were both keen aeromodellers and watching the EE engineers trying to start the ABC engine we knew just how they felt after several minutes of fruitless ‘flicking ‘ of the prop to try and start it! Just like model aircraft diesel engines of that era! But yes it did fly and I recall we were amazed that it did. But what a terrific air display that was.

And what happened to the Nash collection that was also there that day – apart from the Wellington T 10 that we were told was parked at London Airport’s BEA hangar in storage? I know the RAF museum have it these days. But my dad (as flight observer) was also one of the last people to fly in it after modification several years earlier, also at Wisley.