Yes, part of the ETPS fleet indeed. The Viscounts are XR801 and XR802, Canberra 30 is a T.4 WH854, Canberra 18 is a B.2 WJ730 and Meteor T.7 8 is WH231.

Thanks for filling in those gaps, Steve.

Graham

I’m afraid that I can’t help you with pictures from those shows mentioned above. You need to find an aircraft enthusiast in their 80’s who took pictures at that time and lived locally to the bases.
For the younger forumites, it’s probably worth mentioning that the airshow scene of 50 years ago was very different from today. In those days, there was only really Farnborough that could be called a national show. Apart from that, there was the King’s Cup Air Race and lots of local bases that had “At Home” days in September, which were free to enter BTW. These were advertised locally on posters as there weren’t any computers or internet and the few aviation magazines available only really show-cased Farnborough. Also, very few people had cars (or even telephones at home). Most people went to local bases on foot, bus or bicycle! I used to hitch hike to places until I could afford a second hand motorcycle. I went to Farnborough on organised coach trips from the north of England.
Another problem was that very few people had a decent camera or bothered to take pictures – these pictures that I’ve posted were taken with a cheap box camera.
The same goes for aviation museums. About all that was available was IWM London and the Science Museum.
I’ve still got more Farnborough pictures from this period that I’ll post until people have had enough of them! At some future date I’ll post some pictures of some “At Home” displays of this period.

Graham

Here are a few more pictures from the 1959 show. Of interest are the 2 pictures taken at Blackbushe on the way to the show.
I’ll dig out some more pictures of other early shows

Thanks to both of you for your information. I was enquiring on behalf of my son-in-law. It turns out that his grandfather witnessed the crash and first on the scene. Although there was very little left of the aircraft and pilot, he did pick up several items from the crash site. My son-in-law now has in his possession a pen (badly damaged) in a leather case that belonged to the pilot. Is it possible to get a copy of the final page of his log book prior to his final sortie to go with other information he has already researched? I appreciate that many records that people have obtained involve the expenditure of time and money and are not available to everyone who asks.

Thanks for the rapid response. I checked on the internet and there is drawing of a 2-seat Bloch MB-81, so well done there.
The Potez 25 series also looks right although I haven’t found a picture/drawing of that shows that particular cockpit arrangement