Appreciate your input megan, but the essence of tale is that despite some extensive digging by some serious people, little was uncovered.
I simply wondered if perhaps Harold A Raasch was piloting an American "flagged" reconnaissance Spitfire, then the information on him might not be so readily available.
An aircraft did crash at the exact location in the exact circumstances and the pilot suffered only minor scrapes .
The aircraft was quickly recovered in the exact manner that was suggested here on Pprune. Local witnesses describe the pilot as possibly Norwegian and the aircraft as possibly a Hurricane. The witnesses are now very elderly !
El Grifo