[Smith]

Thank you Adriano for you help and interest, it is very much appreciated.

I need to sit back a touch and take stock. I have worked through the claims list and narrowed the filed by about half (wrong type of aircraft, distant locations, etc.) and a couple of otheres besides (relying on Middlebrokks secondary statements that aircrew apparently said to him but there's a lot more work to do. I think we can probably get it down to a few probables without undue difficulty.

I am however troubled that my central thesis is to distrust Middlebrook's proposition re. the crash location, but then to rely on him in other statements. It's not an ideal position to adopt.

That said, I believe he made a simple and honest mistake, and I had gone along with it, merely finding the crash location puzzling ... until the recent advent of multimap opened up a more detailed view of the area to me.

I still think it is the more northern Zecherin ... it fits the MRES report better, and there's no good reason for EE147 to be as far off track as Anklam.

I will post some quotes for you, transcribed from original sources by Middlebrook, when I get a chance. But I may have to leave this aside for a few days or weeks as I have a lot on at present.

Many thanks again, regards Don