Gordon Brettell
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Edward Gordon Brettell DFC, known as Gordon Brettell, was a British Spitfire fighter pilot who was taken prisoner during the Second World War. He took part in the 'Great Escape' from Stalag Luft III i
Spitfire fighter
Memorial to "The Fifty" down the road toward Żagań (Brettell is near top left)
Tim Walenn
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Gilbert William Walenn, known as Tim Walenn, was a British bomber pilot who was taken prisoner during the Second World War. He took part in the "Great Escape" from Stalag Luft III in March 1944, but w
Gordon Brettell
…on 27 March 1943. They travelled some distance on the railways and at one stage shared a compartment with a number of German soldiers. Working with "Tim" Walenn the camp’s head of forgery and Henri Picard they produced forged passports, movement orders, railway documentation and all manner of identity papers…
Wellington bomber
Model of Stalag Luft III prison camp