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sent to Oflag VI-B at
Warburg
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in December 1941, dressed
as German guard, marched 10 prisoners out the front gate
- "Boldest Escape Bid of the War"
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moved to Oflag XXI-B at
Schubin, Poland
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in March 1943, with 33
others, escaped through a tunnel under the group latrine
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recaptured the next day
over 300 miles away, he was interrogated by Gestapo, who
thought him a spy
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in April 1943, sent to
Stalag Luft 3 at Sagan, Poland (site of The Great
Escape)
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