Colditz Cock
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The Colditz Cock was a glider built by British prisoners of war during World War II for an escape attempt from Oflag IV-C prison camp in Germany.
The only known photograph of the original "Cock" glider taken on 15 April 1945 by Lee Carson, one of two American newspaper correspondents assigned to the task force which captured the castle.
A replica of the Colditz Glider as seen at the Imperial War Museum in London
Stalag Luft III
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Stalag Luft III was a Luftwaffe-run prisoner-of-war camp during the Second World War, which held captured Western Allied air force personnel.
Colditz Cock
…War II for an escape attempt from Oflag IV-C (Colditz Castle) prison camp in Germany. After the execution of 50 prisoners who had taken part in the "Great Escape" from Stalag Luft III, the Allied High Command had discouraged escape attempts, though the plan to build a glider was encouraged in order to divert the…
Model of the set used during production of the 1963 film The Great Escape. It depicts a smaller version of a single compound in Stalag Luft III. The model is now at the museum near where the prison camp was located.
Friedrich Wilhelm von Lindeiner-Wildau, Kommandant of Stalag Luft III
End of "Harry"
End of "Harry" tunnel showing how close the exit was to the camp fence