Originally Posted by
FakePilot
Germans did, according to the R.V. Jones book. The plane was guarded to be retrieved for study. Unfortunately the guards were told "No one touches it!" and stopped everyone from rescuing it from the rising tide....
it was a FW190 that landed at Pembry (I think). and it was flown by RAF pilots and used for improving the next generation of Spitfires.
Also old Winkle Brown was directed by a German controller, pretending to be English, deep into France. Luckily he realised what was going on in time.