There could be a dozen reasons for the Mossy to crash, however I understand the kite was on fire, if so it was not a shortage of fuel. Wasn’t there an eye witness , a local who reported the aircraft circling with the engines coughing, I am sure I read that somewhere. Gibson was certainly not stupid enough to get shot down by a Lanc gunner, and the theory that he was unfamiliar with the aircraft is codswallop’s. :confused:

But surely a Mosquito, being manufactured from what itself is a fuel, would burn quite nicely without necessarily having any fuel in its tanks.

That Gibson was ‘not stupid enough’ to get shot down by a Lanc gunner is not a judgement that anybody who did not know the man could reasonably make. There have been many stories of how brave/daring/reckless Gibson was, so nobody really knows for sure – but rumours abound.