Saw it years ago at an airshow in Ca-nada
Ugh, how could that happen to a Mosquito which had allegedly such splendid and benign handling characteristics? Poor pilots. That wasn't that radical a manouvre, especially for a plane that largely relied on its speed and manouvrability to escape German fighters.You are correct, it was not that radical a move. However,the crew appears to have exercised poor energy management. Watch the aircraft run out of flying speed near the top of the arc. Pretty much a classic stall,spin scenario.....I did not intend to appear heartless about the human loss. It is indeed tragic.