There is a video in post 25. Not sure if that would help you see how it happened or not. I haven’t managed to get up the nerve to watch it yet. (I cry, way to easily)
Thanks for the video ping, Watch it, it points out numerous items, number one being, the pilot Gerald Beck turned away from the crowd, and into the other aircraft, one would suspect on purpose.
Number two, landing speed seemed to be the problem. Gerald was hot and high, but perhaps number one was low and slow, which should not have been a problem with a wide runway. I would guess Wittman would be more than wide enough to land two P-51’s side by side.
Three, the transition from formation to landing attitude, and landing while still maintaining the formation, is an interesting transition, and especially if number two is hot, without any means of shedding airspeed.
Looking at the video, there didn’t seem to be more than a couple of seconds from recognition of a big problem, to the crash. Go around should or, could have been much earlier before runway contact, had the problem been recognized. Things happen fast in high performance Aircraft, and we all make mistakes.
With one of the pilots alive, there will be half the story on how much of the flight and landing was briefed as far as airspeeds and proceedures. It could help to figure out the cause.
On another note, while I was in the EAA museum on Thursday afternoon, listening to Dick Rutan talk about Mojave and the Voyager, the accident at Mojave was less than an hour from taking place.