Confidential notice - casualty reporting

Confidential notice - casualty reporting

Covers how the names of those who lose their lives or are wounded or reported missing while serving with the RAF will appear in official casualty lists published in the press. Warns about publication of any details giving information to enemy which limits what can be included in official list. Relatives are requested to ensure they do not disclose any sensitive details.

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[underlined] CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE [/underlined]
The names of all who lose their lives or are wounded or reported missing while serving with the Royal Air Force will appear in the official casualty lists published from time to time in the Press.
Any publication of the date, place or circumstances of a casualty, and particularly any reference to the unit concerned, might give valuable information to the enemy, and for this reason, only the name, rank and Service number are included in the official lists.
Relatives are particularly requested, in the national interest, to ensure that any notices published privately do not disclose the date, place or circumstances of the casualty, or the unit.
The Press have been asked to co-operate in ensuring that no information of value to the enemy is published.
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Any premature reference in the Press to those reported missing may jeopardise their chances of evading capture, if they have survived without falling into enemy hands.
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