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
Wellington bomber.
Model of Stalag Luft III prison camp.
Memorial to "The Fifty" down the road toward Żagań
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
Ian Cross (RAF officer)
…physically. On 30 March 1944 two of the survivors saw three large sedans with ten Gestapo agents collect six officers, Ian Cross, Mike Casey, George Wiley, Al Hake, Tom Leigh and John Pohe. they were not seen again, their cremation urn labels stated that they died on 31 March 1944 and had been cremated at Görlitz…
Al Hake in 1943.