Sad sight indeed. Glad the pilot got out okay.

Likewise. My copy has been on order for a while now and I hope it will be delivered in the next week or two.

Ron, thanks for the comment on the photos and glad they were of use.

As I mentioned in my first post, I do have some 8mm movie footage of the formation. That film is presently stored in a box in the loft of my sister’s house in Plymouth though. I seem to remember transferring it on to VHS video tape about 10 years ago and am looking for that presently.

Thanks for the feedback on the photos. Glad they were of interest.

Doug, thanks for the info on why Olds put the formation together. will have a look around for his book.

Ron, as I mentioned before, please don’t expect much. I managed to get three out of the seven into a fairly usable shot. They were all backlit and the images here have been heavily cropped into the subject. I would not normally post this sort of photo but here goes:

BTW, what was the problem with Olds’ putting this formation together? I seem to remember the commentator at the time mentioning that he was off to SE Asia soon after.

Oh for a digital camera and the RAW file format then!!

I was at that show and have some poor quality 35mm slides and some 8mm movie footage somewhere.

I will have a look through my collection but don’t hold out too many hopes of finding anything usable.

I see from other pics that it has HF on the tail, so I assume it is painted to represent a Hal Far Stn Flt aircraft.
Generaly the C.2s were for this use but T.1s were also seconded to the role, as seen in the pictures in an earlier post.

BTW any updates on sole surving C.1 WF137 or once airworthy WP321?

pagen01, WF128 was at Hal Far with 750 Sqn from 12.10.59 to 5.7.65. During that time it carried the codes ‘676/HF’ and ‘673/HF’. That info from the A-B book “Fleet Air Arm Fixed-wing Aircraft since 1946”. Looking forward to adding Lee’s book, which is already on order, to that.

Looking through the internet for images of the Sea Prince I came across this page:

http://percivalaircraft.com/

Your post seems to indicate that the aircraft, WP321, is no longer airworthy. Has this company ceased trading as well?

In the photo of WP321 in that link, to my mind, there is no doubt as to the colour. Call it Post Office, Cherry, whatever, the manufacturers still agree that it is red. It is the same colour that I recall seeing on the BRNC Chipmunks at Roborough in the early 70s. I do not dispute the fact that it is a dayglo type paint, but it is certainly not orange.