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Diary of events since I was shot down.

1. 10 Sept 1944

Shot down while bombing oil refinery 6 mi SE of Vienna. Parachute down from burning plane and land on island in Danube inside Hungarian Border near Bratislav.

2. 12 Sept 1944

Capture by 3 hunters.

3. 13 Sept 1944

Arrive in Budapest late at night-Red Air Raid Forces wait outside city. With T.W. Harris (indecipherable), Eng.

Jailed in Budapest City Jail.