Liberated Prisoners (Air Transport) Mr. R. Etherton asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he can state the extent of the achievement of the R.A.F. and Allied Air Forces in bringing back by air to this country British and other prisoners who have been liberated. Mr. H. Macmillan As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for War stated in reply to Questions yesterday, more than 140,000 British Commonwealth prisoners of war have been flown to the United Kingdom.