EAW046627 ENGLAND (1952). Farnborough, various aircraft on display in the Static Park for the Farnborough Air Show, 1952

The following day after this photograph was taken the Farnborough Airshow DH.110 crash occurred.

The air show accident involving a de Havilland DH.110 that killed 29 spectators plus pilot John Derry and onboard flight test observer Anthony Richards. The DH.110, a prototype, was being demonstrated at the Farnborough Airshow when during a manoeuvre, the aircraft broke up. The cause was a faulty wing leading edge design. The DH.110 was grounded and strict safety procedures were subsequently enacted.



The event was the last British air show in which spectators were killed until the 2015 Shoreham Airshow crash in which 11 people died, three of whom were reported to have been observing the event from the A27 rather than the designated spectators' area within the airfield.

The following aircraft were exhibited at the 1952 Society of British Aircraft Contructors (SBAC) airshow at Farnborough:

CF-CUM de Havilland Comet 1A

G-AIVX Short Sealand

G-AJLW de Havilland Dove 2

G-AKBF Scottish Aviation Pioneer 2

G-ALBN Bristol 173 MK1

G-ALBO Bristol Britannia 100

G-ALSX Bristol 171 MK3

G-ALVG de Havilland Comet 1

G-ALWE Vickers Viscount 701

G-ALZL de Havilland Heron 1

G-AMKL Auster B4

G-AMKY Percival Prince 3B

G-AMMB Percival Prince 2

G-AMMS Auster Aiglet Trainer J/5L

G-AMPA Auster Autocrat J/5G

G-AMTZ Saunders-Roe Skeeter 5

VV612 de Havilland Venom 1

VX136 Supermarine 508

VX158 Short Sperrin

VX185 English Electric Canberra B5

VX770 Avro 698 Vulcan prototype

VX790 Avro 707B

VZ750 Westland Wyvern TF4

WB195 Hawker Hunter F1

WB215 Vickers Valiant B1

WD280 Avro 707A

WD808 Gloster Javelin FAW1

WD933 English Electric Canberra B2 (Sapphire engines)

WD943 English Electric Canberra B2 (Avon engines)

WD952 English Electric Canberra B2 (Olympus engines)

WE281 de Havilland Venom FB1

WE488 Fairey Ganett AS1

WE522 Percival Provest T1

WF112 Saunders-Roe Skeeter 3B

WF147 Hawker Sea Hawk F1

WF320 Blackburn Univeral Freighter

WF429 Vickers Varsity T1

WG236 de Havilland DH110 (crashed 6th September)

WG240 de Havilland DH110

WG531 Avro Shackleton MR2

WG707 Westland Dragonfly HR3

WJ149 Fairey Firefly AS7

WJ965 Supermarine 541

WK194 Supermarine Swift F1

WK338 Supermarine Attacker FB2

WK385 de Havilland Sea Venom NF20

WL453 Gloster Meteor T7

WL808 de Havilland Venon NF2

WM166 Armstrong Whitworth Meteor NF11

WM735 Percival Sea Prince T1

WN467 English Electric Canberra T4

WP838 de Havilland Chipmunk T10

WZ429 de Havilland Vampire T11

XA250 Handley Page Reading Marathon T1

NZ5906 Bristol Freighter 31



Other aircraft on the airfield were resident or supporting the exhibitors.