Al Hake
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Albert Horace Hake was an Australian Supermarine Spitfire pilot who was taken prisoner during the Second World War. He took part in the 'Great Escape' from Stalag Luft III in March 1944 and was one of
Al Hake in 1943.
Model of Stalag Luft III prison camp.
Memorial to "The Fifty" down the road toward Żagań. Hake on left hand panel
Ian Cross (RAF officer)
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Ian Kingston Pembroke Cross DFC, was a British Royal Air Force officer and bomber pilot who was taken prisoner during the Second World War. Notable for his part in the 'Great Escape' from Stalag Luft
Al Hake
…and interrogated harshly but not physically. On 30 March 1944 two of the survivors saw three large sedans with ten Gestapo agents collect six officers, Ian Cross, Michael James Casey, George Wiley, Tom Leigh, John Pohe and Al Hake struggling to walk on his frostbitten feet. They were not seen again, their cremation…
Wellington bomber.