Pontius
543 Victor 2 Wyton in front of the press no less.
That was June 1966, so you've got a long memory. I was there, as I was on 543 at the time. Not only was he pulling too hard, but he was doing a lot of knots over the limiting IAS.
I also happened to be at Fairford last Friday and saw the Typhoon incident. (Maybe I should stay away from air displays!) The most impressive thing to me was the rate at which the aeroplane was descending despite the nose being about 15° above the horizon. There was a dead silence after his close shave, then someone said "I don't think he meant to do that". Something of an understatement!