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A bit of a humorous story follows the forced landing of the L-33. After they set fire to the damaged airship Bocker had his crew of 22 fall in and marched down a country road hoping to find a boat to make their escape across the North Sea. They didn't know they had a large audience of villagers. They were finally confronted by a lone English bobby riding his bicycle. Bocker asked him , "Can you tell me how far we are from Colchester?'
"Never mind about Colchester," said the bobby, "You come along with me." So falling in behind the policeman, they obediently followed and were taken into captivity. ***
*** From the Time-Life book, "Epic of Flight"; The Giant Airships
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