1917s Turkey Kut al-Amara Navy Air Force British PoW Cover
Code: B27013
Türkiye – Great Britain: circa 1917 cover addressed to British prisoner of war Flight Lieutenant Hugh Bird of the Royal Navy Air Force via American Embassy in Istanbul struck by rectangular Istanbul censor and Inconnu / Not Known hand cachets with INCONNU / RETOUR label. Reverse illegible London dispatch cancel. He was one of 11 RNAF servicemen captured in Kut al-Amara on 30 September 1917 after reported missing and repatriated on 16 December 1918.
