Originally Posted by
treadigraph
I believe BBMF would have been gifted the Mosquito by BAe after the 1996 airshow season, had it not met with its sad accident at Barton.
RR299 was indeed due to join the Flight, and such a shame she was lost beforehand with her crew.
I bet there was going to be a hell of a fight at Coningsby with the fighter pilot ‘girls’ thinking they were more qualified to fly the Mossie than the Bomber ‘boys’! 😄