The first German loss on French territory in WW II.

[Larry Hickey]

Hello,

The response here has been excellent to a complicated problem, My conclusion is that this was not on French soil, but was on German soil in a temporary no-man-land between the two sides. After apparently crash-landing the badly burned pilot either made his own way, or more likely was rescued from the crash site by German soldiers. It isn't clear whether the plane was then set on fire and destroyed, or came down on fire and was destroyed in the subsequent fire. There is an interesting story here about the retrieval of this badly wounded pilot, which I hope we can find more information about. I'm also hoping that we can find a photo of the crash, even if the plane was largely destroyed.
Can anyone be of further help?