[Larry]

Dear Alain,

Thanks for the reply.

The records I am after are for bodies that have been recovered from the sea and who have no identity.

For many years now I have been researching the loss of Blenheim P4832 of the RAF Special Duty Flight on 17th August 1941, and the fate of the crew, Flt Lt Douglas Rayment and Sgt Sadler. Although they were seen standing on the wing of their aircraft in the sea 15 miles off Cherbourg, they were never seen again.

A study of the sea tides suggests that their bodies would have been carried up the Channel so they have washed ashore in NW France or even Belgium many weeks later.