ZEPPELIN SHED FIRED.
INCIDENT OF THE WAR. CHARGE AGAINST GERMAN, A. and N.Z. LONDON, Jan. 29. The political correspondent of the British United Press at Berlin says the police arrested an ex-sergeant-ma jor of the former German Imperial Air Force, who is now a landowner in the State of Oldenburg. He is alleged to have been a British spy, and to have set fire to the Ahlhorn aerodrome in Oldenburg in December, 1917, when it contained six Zeppelins that were ready to depart ori a bombing flight over England. The police are most secretive and refuse to give details of the man's identity and the place of his arrest.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19858, 31 January 1928, Page 9
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109ZEPPELIN SHED FIRED. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19858, 31 January 1928, Page 9
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