Broussard heading West over old Hatfield airfield about 15.00, followed 20 minutes later by the Blenheim. First time I’ve seen him down here.

Monday 23rd August 1943 on a cloudy afternoon, Mosquitos HX849 & HX850 collided between Hatfield and Salisbury Hall. All four crew died. Pilots John de Havilland and George V Gribbins, observers G L Carter and J H F Scrope.
Sure I saw something about this a little while ago with eye-witness accounts and a lot more detail than I can lay hands on at the moment.
Going back to an earlier post, I blew the dust off my copy of “War-torn skies” and the list in the back should just about kill this thread off.

Two of something in close formation headed that way about 16.10 over Hatfield. Too far away to tell what sadly

I read “The Most Dangerous Enemy” some years ago and enjoyed its different take on the BoB from anything I’d read before. Then, a couple of years later I read Wood & Dempster’s “The Narrow Margin” which I seem to remember dated back to the sixties and felt it had the same feel to it. Probably need to reread them back to back for comparison though. Anybody else noticed this?

Catalina passed low over old Hatfield airfield 3.15pm heading West. Brightened up a dull afternoon.

Broussard heading East over old Hatfield airfield 09.55

Might as well throw in my twopenn’orth for what it’s worth.
Several decades ago, I found myself in Chicago with a few hours to kill, so went to the Museum to see the genuine BoB Spit there. I have no memory of this visit at all, apart from knowing that it happened. A couple of years ago, I was on the tank bank at Legends, when one of the recent Mk.I rebuilds came over on a curving landing approach. The sight and sound of that, light glinting of its flanks and low enough to see the individual rivets under the wings will stay with me until the day I die.

I respect the right of anyone to prefer an untouched original, if such a thing still exists, but I know where my heart lies.