HC Deb 12 October 1939 vol 352 cc559-60W
Captain Pluģģe

asked the Secretary of State for Air whether officers carry identity discs; whether his attention has been called to the fact that three British pilots buried recently by the German authorities at Osnabrueck were described as unknown; and what arrangements exist to exchange through neutrals evidence of identity?

Sir K. Wood

The answer to the first two parts of the question is in the affirmative. As regards the last part, a bureau for the exchange of information regarding casualties and prisoners of war has been set up as provided for in the International Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, and the first exchange of information is now taking place.