BISCUIT TIN BANK
[FItO.M OUU OWN COlt HKSPONDKNt] LONDON, July 10 A Fretleh poilu walked into tlio quarters occupied by a Royal Air Force squadron the otlicr day carrying .a biscuit tin. In it, tlicro were 30,000 francs —about £l7O. This siliu had boon left behind when the order came for the . squadron to evacuate its aerodrome for another. It was-the total cash in the "kitty." Germans occupied the aerodrome, but during the liye days they woro there before the French pushed tliem back, they never camo across it. Our Allies discovered the tin, and promptly returned it intact to its rightful owners.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23732, 12 August 1940, Page 3
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103BISCUIT TIN BANK New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23732, 12 August 1940, Page 3
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