After lunch with JP and his wife, Fia, we drove off to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission site at Heverlee.

At the grave of F/Off. Leslie Manser. VC, I laid a wreath, said a prayer and took some photos.

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	F/Off. Leslie Manser's Headstone. Heverlee War Cemetary
	John Feltham at the grave.
	The card attached to the wreath.
	A view looking from the entrance to the site of the grave.
	The entrance to the Commonwealth War Graves Commision site at Heverlee, Belgium.

We returned to JP's home and looked at some of his research papers. JP was able to surprise me with a document. It was a Sortie Report of a German pilot who claimed to have shot down the aircraft that Manser was flying. No-where in British records is this mentioned. Even the crew of the aircraft, who survived, didn't mention it. It is not recorded in any British source material.

In the New Year, with my brother-in-law, Albert Rijckaert, we returned with JP to the crash site.

JP carried a metal detector and Albert took with him a GPS. {Ground positioning system}.

	The crash site. It was very cold and there had been snow.
	Jean Pierre and John Feltham. I'm well rugged up, even a scarf over my beanie.
	Thanks to Jean Pierre for the loan of the overalls. The 'wellies' came from another brother-in-law.
	Albert Rijckaert and John Feltham at the crash site having just dug up some debris from the aircraft.
	Jean Pierre, together with his trusty metal detector.
	The way back. Drainage canal (the 'Lossing'), on the left the ponds are on the right.
We dug up quite a few parts of the aircraft; one piece had an A.M. part number on it. (Air Ministry). Albert was able to get the exact position of the crash. He even tracked us as we walked along the canal. The resulting map is shown on this web site. From my point of view a most interesting time.