As we arrived near the crash site (21) , we saw, that two Luxembourgers (which were good friends of the Germans) had come already down the hill.

The customs officer told me that I had to search an area, about 15 meters wide, in a small pine plantation. He told me also not to be afraid, even if one of the airmen should stay around there, that one wouldn't be anymore an danger.
I just had started searching, that I found already one dead body.
He laid on his back, the mouth a little bit open and some teeth on the upper gum missing. I didn't note any outside injury on the body. He was dressed with a blue uniform. I remarked that the heels of the boots were strongly used and I thought by myself that he needed a pair of new boots. I turned him on the side and noticed that he wore a parachute that was not open at all. On the same occasion I noticed that the impact of the body was so strong that he had sunken into the soft forest soil. On his belt was fixed a small piece of leather marked "Farrell". (22)

I then called the customs officer, who stayed at a close path. When he came down, the two Luxembourgers came too. As we all stand around the deceased airman, the two Luxembourgers behaved very badly towards the defunct. The customs officer then got into rage against them and shouted among others, this; "Der Tod löst die Feindschaft auf", (Rem. by the author - this can be translated by: The death puts an end to enmity).

The customs officer forebad to anyone to touch the dead man, as after 3 hours the body would be infected by the cadaveric virus.
We still roamed around the crash site, expecting to find other crew members, but we found nobody and to go closer to the wreckage wasn't possible as it was still burning with thick black smoke. It was also a little dangerous to move closer as the cal. .303 ammo was still exploding. I saw that the 2 big front wheels (23) laid about 70 meters away from the wreckage.
During the afternoon the body of Farrell was removed to the village.
The next day (24) , the Germans forced some inhabitants of the village to help them to cut and remove the pieces of the wreckage to the next railway line. Only a 12 meter long piece of the middle part of the fuselage showed that this wreckage was an aircraft. The Germans took the pieces away, probably to Germany. When removing the pieces the helpers from the village found inside the wreckage the remains  of 2 other airmen(25).
I heard too, that some shoes from a woman were also found in the wreckage."