[Carsten Petersen]

I understand fully why Kuhn turned around and ditched in the Firth. The weather was not the best and if the crew landed in the sea, their lives would have been finished with 15 minutes. If they got into the rubber boat and did not capsize, they might have lasted 6-12 hours. I know of a couple of incidents, where German aircrew shot themselves instead of freezing to death.