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Rothenburgsort - Hamburg, Germany: ill-treatment of allied airman. Includes 3 photographs...
Catalogue reference: WO 309/899
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This record is about the Rothenburgsort - Hamburg, Germany: ill-treatment of allied airman. Includes 3 photographs... dating from 1946 May - 1947 Jan in the series War Office: Judge Advocate General's Office, British Army of the Rhine War Crimes.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- WO 309/899
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1946 May - 1947 Jan
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Rothenburgsort - Hamburg, Germany: ill-treatment of allied airman.
Includes 3 photographs depicting: HQ BAOR: War Crimes Group (NWE); Stanislaus Pustkowski and Joachim Struck together with others (named), accused of killing Allied airman (possibly Canadian, identity unknown) after he had bailed out from aircraft near Rothenburgsort Railway Station. Dated 1946.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- BAOR WC/C/77
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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WO 309
War Office: Judge Advocate General's Office, British Army of the Rhine War Crimes...
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