[Peter Cornwell]

Paul,

Regretably, there are more unresolved mysteries of this kind than you would imagine - such is the nature of wartime casualties I guess. And if this pilot/aircraft could have been identified by simple PoE then it would certainly have been resolved by the MREU immediately postwar or by some duffer like myself latterly. However, I am minded that the responsible authorities are not overkeen on accepting just PoE - hence Andy's question.

Andy,

For reasons that you will appreciate all too well, I will resist adding any further speculation. But it is really frustrating that the only tangible piece of 'evidence' from the dig itself has thus far proved of limited value due, largely, to the absence of reliable records. Pity that crater was clinically sterile of further clues.