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[michaelt]

A fishing boat can land a big catch - and a sales executive might have landed a big deal, perhaps after reeling them in or having them on the hook.

So this would be particularly apt wording if the enemy had thrown a net over the plane as it sank in the ocean.

But I prefer to think the enemy gifted british country estates to the planes.