A. Armed guards?
A. Yes. They were armed.
Q. Now, you told about passing on these orders about the terror fliers to the Buergermeister [mayor]. The order that you spoke of that you got from the defendant?
A. From the GL.
Q. The GL was Field Marshal Milch?
A. That was Herr Milch.
Q. And you gave those orders on to the Buergermeister about the so-called “terror fliers”?
A. The Buergermeister and county councillors.
Q. And then one day you heard about four fliers who had parachuted or made a forced landing—anyway they came down—and you sent your soldiers over there and you were told that they were not available?
A. No. The officer came back and said that the police had arrested the four pilots who had made a forced landing, contrary to our order and contrary to the regulations where the telephone number of our airfield had to be passed on to the Buergermeister. The report to the Buergermeister had the purpose to inform the airfield as quickly as possible so that from there a truck could pick up the pilots.