Original sentence: On 8 August, he was shot down and crashed in a field, initially knocked out by the impact but revived, seemingly uninjured, to hitch hike back to Takali Field (correctly named ta' Qali, but then known as Takali)
Edited sentence: "I climbed out - he recalled - unhurt except for a superficial cut in one arm.But his aircraft was then hit at the engine and he belly-landed in a stone-walled field.He claimed that he hit one and that it went straight into the sea.He hitched hike back to Takali Field (correctly named ta' Qali, but then known as Takali).On 8 August, while he was shooting at a Bf 109, was jumped by two more.This was apparently confirmed by his section leader