The gentleman simply told me he crash landed/ force landed the Spitfire on the top of a flat hill not far from the town,
As a Souter you will know that landing on top of a flat hill near Selkirk narrows the search significantly. However, newspaper archives do exist. A lot of the local papers were grouped into the 'Southern Press'. You may have to bite the bullet and journey into Hawick to peruse the records. Beware the Teries.
