John Derry’s crash, as his D,H,plane hits the ground after breaking the sound barrier in flight, Farnborough air display, 1952 (Photo by Bentley Archive/Popperfoto/Getty Images)
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my parents were there that day, moments from walking down from the hill where the engine crashed.
I was 11 years old and on a trip with other people. We were standing on the hill just a very short distance from the impact of the aircraft parts with the hill. We were lucky.