Romualdas Marcinkus
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Romualdas Marcinkus was a Lithuanian pilot. Marcinkus participated in an early trans-European flight on 25 June 1934, and was the only Lithuanian pilot to serve in the Royal Air Force during the Secon
Gates of the Kaunas Military School. Marcinkus graduated from here in 1928
Marcinkus reporting after a flight
Marcinkus later became a parachute instructor in the Lithuanian Air Force
Crew of the trans-European flight (from left): Jurgis Savickis, Antanas Gustaitis, Jonas Liorentas, Juozas Namikas, Jonas Mikėnas, Romualdas Marcinkus, and Kazys Rimkevičius near an ANBO 41 plane.
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
Romualdas Marcinkus
…Marcinkus was one of the first ten to escape. Marcinkus and the three prisoners in his group posing as Lithuanians – Tim Walenn, Henri Picard and Gordon Brettell – managed to reach a train heading towards Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland). Most likely, they intended to travel to East Prussia, cross the Lithuanian…
Spitfire fighter
Memorial to "The Fifty" down the road toward Żagań (Brettell is near top left)