translate English to French: Captured by the Germans, he was then told that the rest of his crew, whom he had ordered to bale out, were dead.15 With this incident as context, the official historian then goes on to reflect on the matter of unit morale in a neighbouring unit.
Il a été capturé par les Allemands, qui lui ont appris que son équipage, auquel il avait donné l’ordre de sauter, était mort15. Dans le contexte de cet incident, l’historien officiel parle du moral d’une unité voisine.