The Archive · 1940

German Airmen Arrested

London, Aug. 8. The German airman who was captured in the Bristol area, after he had been at large for about 11 days, was apprehended by Lady Buckland, the widow of Lord Buckland.

The airman emerged from a wood looking very dishevelled and could speak only a few words of English, He indicated by dumb show how he had baled out of his plane and that he was afraid to surrender because he-expected to be killed immediately.

It transpires the authorities arrested two other airmen who had baled out of the plane, and had been searching for this man for the past nine days—Reuter.

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