 The most common act for allied airmen to be classified a terror flier was to be captured in civilian clothing and/or without their dog tags.The German Foreign Office decided that these captured enemy airmen should not be given the legal status of prisoner of war (POWs) but should instead be treated as criminals and spies and were sent to Buchenwald.Unknown to all airmen except Lamason, their execution had been scheduled for 26 October, had they remained at Buchenwald.