And the Cosford Hospital (of blessed memory
) was used for POWs so flying direct would have been a good idea, no?
From
this website:
This major military hospital was built on the site of RAF Cosford in 1940 and used the name RAF Cosford Military Hospital.
As a major military hospital, RAF Cosford military hospital played a major role in prisoners-of-war repatriation at the end of the War. Dispite its planned life of only 10 years,the hospital remained open until 31 December 1977.