[gedburke3]

Hi Chris,
Thanks for your quick reply.
His wingman, Josef Hybler reported in his diary that he saw Chalupas Hurricane going down trailing white smoke. He does not mention any combat, they were on a training flight. He says that he felt that Chalupa had lost consciousness due to a possible glycol leak. I just wondered if it were possible that Hybler possibly leading the formation hadn't noticed a sudden incident/attack happening behind him, and that Chalupas hurricane had become damaged forcing him to bale out in a hurry. Hybler doesn't mention seeing a parachute either. He obviously felt (wrongly) that Chalupa was still in the hurricane when it crashed.
I guess we'll never know for sure.
Best wishes
Gerry