[nickle]

Wow, Brian, that's the closest I've come to any sort of identification of the unit. Three bombers on the 29th, all to seperate places, one being Sussex and a boys school destroyed? If I looked into those files you mentioned in Kew, then might I be able to nail it down further? I had no idea they kept that sort of file!

Chris, as you can see, I'm edging closer to something with your and Brian's help. I have no idea what I want to know about Lucke as I know nothing at all about him, but you seem to be the man who knows of him best. I either want to tie him into it or eliminate him from it. So, what can you tell me about him that might make him the pilot of that aircraft or, indeed not the pilot of that aircraft. And what I'm looking for in Germany is something closer to an answer, as opposed to the clues that are being turned up for me here. If you can suggest anywhere else as to where I can enquire, then I'm all eyes. The fact that others have failed to find anything does not concern me. I'd like to think I'm a little more tenacious than to give up just because someone else has failed before me. Perhaps they did not have the clues that I now have. If I could add the possibility of a pilot to that of a squadron, that would certainly narrow down my search, but if you can tell me anything that puts Lt Lucke out of the frame, then I can discount him as the pilot. I'm not doing this because I want to go on a witch hunt, I'm doing it because I want to find out and because there are people in Petworth who'd just like an ending to that particular story. If they want to know, I'll tell them, if they don't, I won't. Do you believe I have another motive, perhaps?

And Andy, I've spoken to two people who went to that crash site, one of whom saw the bomber being shot down. You have photos of it!? Would it be possible for me to see them somehow?

Thanks chaps.

Nick