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MAY 16, 1940 445 IN A GERMAN PRISON CAMP French and British Air Crews Treated Well — and Why : The Stopped Smokes: Food from Home: Walking and Sleeping One of the houses in which British and French prisoners of war are accommodated. The officers have their separate bedrooms. A library is provided by the Commandant of the camp. Here two British officers are seen reading a copy of Flight. THE German weekly paper Der Adlerof April 16, 1940, contained an articleby Josef Grabler entitled " Im Lager der Abgeschossenem" (In the camp oi those shot down), in which the life of French and British air crews is described. The accompany- ing pictures are reproduced from the German paper with due acknowledgment. The article begins by pointing out that the air forces of the countries at war claim, as independent units of the Fighting Services, the enemy air crews that have been captured and put them in their own special camps with their own guards. The German Luftwaffe has taken the first step, and the Royal Air Force and l'Armee de l'Air have followed suit. These measures, by the way, amount to a right, as in most cases the enemy air crews have become prisoners owing to the action of the Luftwaffe. In the very nature of air war, fewer prisoners are taken than in the case of the Army. This fact means that conditions are more favourable for Daily walks in the pleasant are permitted. ol Hie camp the whole system of treatment of the prisoners of war. " In the last war" (the article continues) " the enemy countries were not very scrupulous in complying with
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