Best view I had was at school in Blackpool one day when the TSR 2 flew over
with a Lightning either side.
Drifting off thread, but that trumps my ATC cadet memory of seeing the Bristol type 188 land at Filton (with Canberra escort) while waiting for my Chipmunk flight...
A more relevant memory is a cadet camp at Geilenkirchen, where 3 Sqn had Canberras (with special weapons), 92 Sqn had Lightnings, 60 Sqn had Pembrokes and I started learning about German beer. I have a vague memory that we beat the Germans at some big football match that year, but soccer's never been my sport...
I particularly remember the Lightning in the hangar which had gone into the safeland barrier when the braking chute failed to deploy. Both engines were out so they could rewire the aircraft, so it certainly wasn't designed for ease of maintenance