[Csaba B. Stenge]

Hello Christian,

Thank you, excellent. Perhaps the baled out crewmember was captured or killed on the same day by Soviet ground troops: 3. Ukrainian Fronts large offensive to encircle Budapest reached and occupied this area on the same day (on 24th December).

Anyway, the eyewitnesses said about the survivor, that Soviet fighters attempted to strafe and kill him on parachute but he managed to land and escaped among the trees. Perhaps only for few hours? I'll try to ask more from the eyewitnesses about his possible fate (perhaps he left the area soon and tried to return to his unit but without a proper vehicle, it was not so easy)