R.A.F. Scores a Hit
FAKED FOOD CARDS.
Information regarding the flights of the Royal Air Force over parts of Germany for the purpose of distributing propaganda has become so frequent as almost to cease to be news. However, a new angle on the flights has been received by a Hawera resident in a letter from his son, who is a member of the Royal Air Force, states the “Evening Post.”
This letter told of one raid over Western Germany, when food ration cards were distributed to the people,
and how these cards were used by the
recipients to some good purpose. Obviously, the ration cards were forgeries, although not in an indictable sense, as Britain is at war, and the distribution comes under the heading of “legal tactics.” “I think the funniest thing,” stated the letter, “was the dropping by the Royal Air Force over Germany of forged ration cards for the German people. I believe they cleaned out a lot of local store-houses.” ' The cards were an exact replica of those used in Germany by the authorities, and it is not difficult to understand how they should be used by the recipients.
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Camp News, Volume 1, Issue 2, 15 December 1939, Page 5
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