[Larry]

It was definately on 8th August 1942 at 14.30 hrs in daylight that the LAA gunners shot at the aircraft - though I have to agree that the type of aircraft could have been something other than an He 111.

The crew members were said to have bailed out and been captured but it's possible that the pilot and another crew member stayed on board and flew on back to base. Such things happened in the RAF. And of course the POW's would also believe their aircraft was lost, otherwise they would not have bailed out themselves, thus allowing the Army to claim a 'kill'.

Incidentally bombs were dropped on New Milton that day, as 2 were UXB's.

Does anyone have details of an He 111 that returned with LAA damage that afternoon?