This folder contains a repaint for the DeHavilland DH98 Mosquito by Dave Garwood, in the colors of W4072 GB-D, a B Mk.IV of 105 squadron. On 25 June 1942, while being loaned to 139 squadron, it was being flown by Flt Lt Bagguley on a night attack on Stade aerodrome near Hamburg. He attacked the town of Dorum, near Bremerhaven. On leaving the target, instead of closing the bomb doors, he accidentally lowered the flaps. These were torn away due to the speed of over 380 mph, and on arrival back at Horsham St Faith, W4072 overshot the runway, with the right undercarriage collapsing in a ditch. W4072 was delivered to 105 Sqn on 27 February 1942, and took part in the first bomb raid carried out by Mosquito's, when Sqn Ldr Oekeshott took it to Cologne on 31 May 1942. After the prang in June, W4072 was repaired and flew more missions with 105 Sqn. Damaged again in March 1943, she passed to 627 Sqn (AZ-Q), but crashed in the North Sea returning from a raid on Frankfurt on 8 January 1944.
Repaint by Jan Kees Blom, based on the paint kit by Dave Garwood.
Repaint by Jan Kees Blom, based on the paint kit by Dave Garwood.
