AMERICAN SAILOR MISTAKEN FOR P.O.W.
An angry man with a broad American Middle-West accent, was led by military escort before the commandant of 278 German P.O.W. Camp, Clapham. Bedford. “Herman Floetner, your escaped prisoner from New York,” said the corporal, saluting.
“But I’m not, my name is George Peterson. I’m an American seaman,” said the man.
And the C. 0., after consulting the records, agreed with him.
George Peterson is waiting in Winchester Prison for the Queen Mary to take him back to Ellis Island, New York. And on Ellis Island is Herman Floetner, still enjoying the alias of George Peterson. The mix-up began when Floetner escaped on June* H, stowed away to the States, and was locked in a cell next to Peterson.
“Come on, son, you’re going back to prison camp in Britain,” they told Peterson. He nearly did.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 71, 10 January 1947, Page 8
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