This leads PAGE to believe the 509 exploded. However he did not actually see it explode. The Germans were able to free the boat from where it had rammed by boat hooks and crow bars. Mathes was in the chart house with PAGE when the initial shell penetrated the chart house and caught it afire. Mathes was not hit and the last PAGE saw of him was when he went below to get confidential gear for destruction.
PAGE has no recollection of Lieutenant Christ at all.
As PAGE crawled from the chart house to the foc'sle deck he saw Pavlis lying on the deck with his mouth open evidently dead. PAGE noticed 37MM gunner was dead. PAGE was given first aid treatment aboard the enemy ship as she proceeded to St. Helier. Was asked detailed questions at St. Helier by Gestapo agent relative to radio and radar and where based but refused to answer except to give name, rate, serial number. Was then taken to Hospital where his wounds were treated after approximately 75 Germans were treated who were wounded during the attack.