the shot down was made by a RAF pilot , he saw hermans ju88,shot at it and thought it doomed but herman droped his bombs near a ship,the RAF pilot, said, i thought the xxxxx was finished,i was wrong.hermann crash lands in the sea near his troops and a RAF pilot was shot down near by,waded in greeting him ,ie the germans.,he was made a POW,in the book fight over dunkirk,the book i dont have present, on a good note hermann twice droped off a barrage baloons and survived, ,yours gary