[Juha]

Hello Stig
According to the ORB at least nobody else from Leuchars operating sqns. Now the area was almost straight due east from Leuchars, so IMHO probably no other CC a/c was in the area, but of course I cannot be sure on that. The area is appr 275 km from British coast, so IMHO probably too far away for FC. Judging from other contacts made by a/c from Leuchars and keeping in mind Dönitz complains on (in)accuracies of positions reported by LW in 1942/43 the position error is well within navigational errors of the day. But we don’t have the time of the LW loss and don’t know how the LW had arrived the given position, distress message maybe, maybe Leo knows answer to this.
And of course there is a possibility of mechanical failure. But anyway the a/c type and the area is right for Vandewater’s claim.

Juha