Thank you for your research, Dennis.
I met a 93-year-old witness, he told me
the aircraft had a large cockade on its side and was not significantly damaged
the crash was late in the morning
he was alive with a big leg injury, probably both legs broken.
He was leaning against a pile of straw with his pipe next to him.
He was very young but he didn't know the color of his hair, maybe he still had his helmet on.
the Germans didn't treat him and he died of his wounds.
he would have been temporarily buried in the nearby village of Gouchaupré (I went to this village's archives but there is no trace of a soldier buried in the cemetery)
He also told me that the family came after the war and that the pilot's body was buried somewhere else.
he confirmed to me that the plane was all alone, that it was flying very low and that he made several machine gunshots on the German convoy before striking wooden poles.
I don't know if I can trust this testimony given the age of the witness, but I think there's a good deal of truth to it.
not easy to conclude something.
Alexis
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