Jerzy Mondschein was a Polish Vickers Wellington bomber Observer (navigator) flying from England when he 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 recaptured and subsequently shot by the Gestapo.
The Merlin-engined Wellington Mark II. This aircraft actually belongs to No. 104 Sqn.
Memorial to "The Fifty" down the road toward Żagań (Mondschein at right)
Żagań is a town in western Poland, on the Bóbr river, with 25,731 inhabitants (2019). The town is the capital of Żagań County in the historic region of Silesia. Previously in the Zielona Góra Voivodeship (1975–1998), Żagań has been in the Lubusz Voivodeship since 1999.
Old town
Medieval town walls with the old Augustinian monastery in the background
Żagań Palace
Former Lutheran chapel