IN GERMAN HOSPITAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 September 1939, Page 9

IN GERMAN HOSPITAL

PILOT OFFICER EDWARDS. SUFFERING FROM BURNS & MINOR , INJURIES. Pilot Officer L. H. Edwards, a former well-known Wellington Rugby player, who was reported missing on patrol by the British Air Ministry on September 7. is at present an inmate of a German hospital, suffering from burns on the face and minor injuries, according to a shortwave broadcast from Germany, shortly after noon yesterday: Two of his companions are also reported to be in the same hospital. The broadcast was in the form of Question and answer, those taking part being Pilot Officer Edwards, Sergeant Flattery, Tipperary, Ireland, and Aircraftman George Booth, Yorkshire, and the German announcer. Questions were asked and answered in/English, then respoken by the announcer in the German language. ■ FRIENDLY .TREATMENT. NEW ZEALANDER’S THREE WORRIES. NEW YORK, September 15. Pilot Officer Edwards, the New Zealander, who was captured on September 4 when he was shot down in the Royal Air Force raid on Wilhelmshaven, has three worries. The first is when will he get pay so that he can buy cigarettes, the second whether he can engage in sports while a prisoner and the third how long will it take him to learn German. This is revealed by a National Broadcasting Company commentator broadcasting to America from Berlin who said he talked to Pilot Officer Edwards and his fellow prisoners, Sergeant Booth and. Aircraftman Slattery. Pilot Officer Edwards still seemed dazed and afraid to speak for fear of giving away something that the British Air Ministry did not want known. All said they were well treated and getting the best of medical care. Their injuries were received when their plane crashed into the sea. The three seemed surprised at their friendly treatment while the Germans expressed surprise that they expected any other treatment.