FATE OF AIRMEN.
SHOT SOWN IN BRITAIN. (Received 1 p.m.) RUGBY, July 26. Crews of many German aircraft shot down over and around Britain escapc by parachute. In some cases they are detained by civilians and handed over to the police or military authority. Several have been saved from the sea as a result of the good offices of the very opponents who shot them down and who gave directions for rescue efforts.
On the most recent list of 100 German prisoner*, 55 were air force, 45 army and nine naval member*
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 177, 27 July 1940, Page 10
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