What plane did I just see? WW2 twin prop

[Celtic Dragon]

A what did I just see thread for a WW2 twin prop plane that just flew over Welwyn Garden City heading for Hatfield. I think it was either a Mosquito or Beaufort, it certainly wasn't hanging around.

It was painted in green camouflage and its fuselage markings ended NP, of that I'm certain as it was low enough to read them, but didn't pay attention to the engine cowlings / nose cone area sadly.

[storminnorman]

No Beauforts or Mosquitos around that I know of, was it not the BBMF Dakota?

[dantournay]

Blenheim?

[Composite Guru]

There is a Blenheim now flying with YP as the reg?

https://goo.gl/images/ciPTLK

[storminnorman]

I didn't think the Blenheim was very active, it is based at Duxford though. Cool if that was it!

[Celtic Dragon]

storminnorman said:

No Beauforts or Mosquitos around that I know of, was it not the BBMF Dakota?

Definitely not the Dakota, I'd have recognized that, and the wing root to fuselage is wrong for what I saw.

[aeropilot]

storminnorman said:

I didn't think the Blenheim was very active, it is based at Duxford though. Cool if that was it!

Blenheim definately took off from Duxford this morning to go somewhere.

Possibly Goodwood.

[thegreenhell]

I saw something that matched this description at about 12:50pm today, heading NW to the south of Wycombe. It was already heading away from me when I spotted it, and it was too far away to identify.

[Celtic Dragon]

aeropilot said:

Blenheim definately took off from Duxford this morning to go somewhere.

Possibly Goodwood.

Good shout, it’s Revival this weekend!

Do you know it’s take off time? My spot was about 12:45. Duxford is only 20 or so miles up the road.

[Celtic Dragon]

thegreenhell said:

I saw something that matched this description at about 12:50pm today, heading NW to the south of Wycombe. It was already heading away from me when I spotted it, and it was too far away to identify.

Can’t be the same aircraft, my spot was about 5 minutes before yours and it would have to get round Luton and Northolt.

[V8 Fettler]

The useful flightradar shows that the Duxford Bolingbroke/Blenheim was out and about yesterday

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/g-bpiv...

[Eric Mc]

There are no flying Beauforts anywhere in the world. In fact, there are very few in existence.

Currently, there are no flying Mosquitoes in the UK.

It sounds like the Blenheim to me.

[Celtic Dragon]

dantournay said:

Blenheim?

You won!!! It’s just over flown me again and this time appeared on Flightradar! Flying a reciprocal course from Friday.

[Composite Guru]

Celtic Dragon said:

dantournay said:

Blenheim?

You won!!! It’s just over flown me again and this time appeared on Flightradar! Flying a reciprocal course from Friday.

Damn, I came a very close 2nd!!

[aeropilot]

Celtic Dragon said:

dantournay said:

Blenheim?

You won!!! It’s just over flown me again and this time appeared on Flightradar! Flying a reciprocal course from Friday.

Yes, it was parked up on the infield at Goodwood Revival all weekend.

[Eric Mc]

Flew over my house today. I didn't see it but heard it's distinctly muted rumble sound - very different to a more common radial such as a Pratt and Whitney.

[Eric Mc]

Harvard just flown over the house now. This one -

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

Isn't the 'Blenheim' actually a Bolingbroke with a Blenheim MkI nose bolted on the front?

[Eric Mc]

It is indeed. It's based on the batch of Bolingbroke bits and pieces brought to the UK from Canada by Ormond Haydon-Baillie in 1975.

[FourWheelDrift]

An ex-car nailed to the front.