[Andy Mitchell]

Chris,

Brian Cull in "Fighters over the Aegean" has this to say on page 112 -

"Flt Lt Reg Meyer led eight rocket-armed Beaufighters of 252 Squadron on a sweep around Stampalia on 31 January, meeting three Ju 88 Cs of 11./ZG 26 with a pair of Bf 109s flying cover. Meyer had time to shoot down Uffz Franz Gruber's aircraft that crashed near the coast. The crew survived and Uffz Stoll claimed a Beaufighter shot down. But then the Bf 109s attacked and shot down LZ341 and LZ377 into the sea off Stampalia. Flg Off Darrell Hall and Sgt Alex Crowe were killed but Flt Sgt F.A. Stevenson and Sgt C. Thompson managed to reach Turkey where they were briefly interned."

I wonder how Brian concluded that the Gruber crew survived.