§ 23. Mr. JOELasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air, whether he can now make any further statement as to the well-being of the two Royal Air Force men whose plane was recently forced down in Northern Kurdistan and who were taken prisoners by hostile tribesmen?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for AIR (Sir Philip Sassoon)As my hon. Friend will already have seen in the Press, both Flying Officer Wells and Leading Aircraftman Evans are being well treated. The officer suffered injury to his shoulder as a result of the forced landing, and a Royal Air Force doctor, accompanied by a political officer, is proceeding under safe conduct to attend him.