[Ianfst]

Michal,
Thank you for the information on the glider units. Do you know how many gliders and tugs were destroyed at Istres by the U.S. attack of August 17th ?

The reason I requested help is that I'm trying to establish how an Australian fighter pilot, probably shot down by flak near Mt. Etna on August 3rd, reappeared at Istres airfield where he was mortally wounded during the USAF raid on the 17th.

We think that he may have been injured in the crash landing of his aircraft, taken prisoner by German troops and somehow evacuated by air to Istres.

If this was the case then it can only have been by a transport flight between Sicily and Istres, between August 3rd and 17th.

Thanks again for any help, information or suggestions.

Ian Stevenson