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VMA131Marine

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1. Hess was trying to contact the Duke of Hamilton, not Churchill.

Reply to grumpyduck (Original post)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 12:01 PM

Aug 2018

"Hess continued to be interested in aviation, learning to fly the more advanced aircraft that were coming into development at the start of World War II. On 10 May 1941 he undertook a solo flight to Scotland, where he hoped to arrange peace talks with the Duke of Hamilton, whom he believed to be prominent in opposition to the British government. Hess was immediately arrested on his arrival and was held in British custody until the end of the war, "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Hess

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