[78 Sqn History]

Thank you for that, at the time the crew of the Halifax concerned were all either killed, taken prisoner or evaded to the advancing allied lines. Some 10 years after the event the surviving Air Gunner who was occupying the mid upper turret during the combat was told during a visit to Holland where his comrades were buried, that the attacking fighter had crashed at Weert and the Navigator was killed. He assumed that it had been shot down by the rear gunner as he himself had not been able to fire due to the fighter being below them.

Daz