[dp_burke]

This is the webpage martin kindly refers to. Great opportunity for me to capture a multitude of typos!!!

I can only say that of the sources we have available:

The Irish Army G2 report makes no mention of any damage, they would have commented on their being used casings on the aircraft I'm sure, or that the guns had been fired. And damage serious enough to bring the aircraft down I think would be very obvious during the repairs in the months after.

The Crew never mentioned it to Irish Army at the time they were apprehended.

They don't mention it in their Escape and Evasion reports in 1943.

There is no mention in the AIR81 file, but then there is no obvious testimony from the crew in that file. There is no extra information sent by the British Military attache in Ireland, and no Form 765.

Sgt Jefferson didn't mention it in his diary.

If the book was published in 1994, and J Foreman didn't have the aircraft's serial number correct, what would have been his sources at the time? The ORB at least and what German records?

The 233 sSqn ORB available now online is very clear, there are no other Pxxxx Hudson's mentioned in the month, all Txxxx and Nxxxx aircraft. P5123 is clearly typed

Without him having any other narrative in 1994, he might make the connection between the two.?