Of peripheral interest to the Stork Hotel/Bader discussion

Well yes I was aware of that – but my post was simply to show that despite the absurdity of the Stork/Bader claim there was actually a case where this honour parole and return to captivity happened. Personally I cannot imagine Bader who was rather committed on his views actually going back to captivity. WW1 was the real end of the overhyped chivalry of combat idea.

However, the regime and mindset in Germany in 1942 was radically different to how it had been in WW1. In 1942 Germany was not cooperating on repatriation even in the most desperate of cases.