I believe the immediate reaction of one of the Dornier crew was to be beaten to death by members of the public after he parachuted out. But then, he had just been trying to bomb them...
Ray Holmes' action, or more accurately, the immediate aftermath of it, was captured on film and survives today. The image of a tail-less and wing-less Dornier falling from the sky, followed by the gently fluttering tail unit, is something that once seen, you can never forget. Holmes' Hurricane's final moments were also captured on film.
I never met him, but my overriding memory of this most modest of heroes, was the amused way in which he handled his moment of TV fame last year, shunning hero-worship, and instead making a point of attempting to seduce both the female presenter, and a present RAuxAF WAAF.
What a character, sorely missed...
