Thomas Kirby-Green
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Thomas Gresham Kirby-Green was a British Royal Air Force officer, the pilot of a Vickers Wellington bomber, who was taken prisoner during the Second World War. He took part in the 'Great Escape' from
The Merlin-engined Wellington Mark II. This aircraft belongs to No. 104 Sqn.
311 Squadron flight crew with their Wellington bomber at RAF East Wretham
Memorial to "The Fifty" down the road toward Żagań (Kirby-Green is on the right)
RAF memorial in Hrabůvka
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
Thomas Kirby-Green
…new Vickers Wellington bomber later that year. During 1938 he competed in the RAF Athletics Championships representing the base and competing against Ian Cross representing RAF Marham who would also be involved in the "Great Escape" in 1944. He was promoted flying officer on 29 January 1939. In January 1940…
Wellington bomber.
Model of Stalag Luft III prison camp.