When a Nazi leader secretly flew to Britain during WWII

Karthick Nambi
Nov 1 · 3 min read
Rudolf Hess Souce:Wiki

It was a cold night in a remote village near Glasgow, Scotland. A Messerschmidt plane belonging to German Luftwaffe made a hard landing in a field.

Out of it came a German air force commander greeted by a farmer, David Mclean. David took the captain to his home and offered him some tea in the usual British way. David called the local police who arrested the commander…

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Karthick Nambi

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A vivid engineer with interest in history and technology

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