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Originally Posted by cheesey
Thanks very much drgondog & Henk, much appreciated.
The comment on the MACR re aircraft coming down 2km from Coutances in the sea is erroneous considering the town is approx 10km from the coast ! I just wonder if pilot baled out over land and a/c continued out to sea and crashed ? Hence the German report of a/c coming down 6km from Gouville-sur-Mer (only 2.5km from sea) and Lt.Oyler being taken POW.
I am being a bit picky because I am interested in all aircraft that came down between French coast and the Channel Islands.
Thanks again, Steve.
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I would speculate that you are right about being 'hit' 2km from Coutance but the J report was specific about pilot not recovered.
So, possibly hit and ditched at the coast, or hit/bailed out (but not captured by authority preparing report) and captured later by another German unit and annotated in another numbered J report?