The Archive · 1941

Dramatic Messages

'The full fantastic story of how Hess landed in Scotland in a Messerchmitt has been revealed in a series of dramatic messages, 'The frst came from the air authorities on the night of May 10 that a 'Messerschmitt 110 "had crossed' the coast of Scotland and was flying in the. direction, of Glasgow. 'This. re= port was at first not believed, be-fause it was known that no Mésserschmidt could carry' sufficient fuel to make the return trip to Germany, Meanwhile, the Germans had nounced thai Herr Rudolf Hess had @isappeared, leaving a note showing traces of mental disorder. They hinted that he had either committed sul. else oF fallen from a plane, Herr Hess, however, was in a Glasgow hospital, "He tad with him photos of himself at different ages with which to establish his identi The announcement of the news to the representatives of the world press the Ministry of Information wil which he has not returned up to the present time, A letter which Herr Hess left behind shows by its dis-fractedness traces of mental disorder and it Is feared that Herr Hess was the vielim of hallucinations,

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