Henri Picard
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Henri Picard was a Belgian 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 the men re-captured and subsequently shot by the Gestapo.
Spitfires of No. 350 Squadron at RAF Kenley
Model of Stalag Luft III prison camp.
Memorial to "The Fifty" down the road toward Żagań (Picard at right)
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 in March 1944, but was one of the men re-captured and subsequently shot by the Gestapo.
Spitfire fighter