DROPPED FROM PLANE
NAZI SPY CAUGHT AND SHOT
RUGBY, August 15. A German secret service agent, Josef Jakobs, was shot in the Tower of London this morning. Jakobs, who was a non-commissioned officer in the German army and was attached to the meteorological service, was dropped by parachute from a German aeroplane in the Home Coun- V ties. He was dressed in civilian clothes; over which he was wearing a flyingsuit and a parachutist's steel helmet. He had a wireless transmitting and receiving set, a large sum in English money, and emergency food rations, including brandy and German sausage. He also carried a small hand-spade for burying the parachute and flying kit. He was taken into custody by members of the Home Guard about 12 hours alter his descent—B.O.W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 41, 16 August 1941, Page 9
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