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March 24th, 2019: Great Escape
You have probably heard of The Great Escape, you may have even seen the movie, Steve McQueen on the motorcycle,
plus Garner, Attenborough, Bronson... but I digress. Today, March 24th, is the 75th anniversary of the real deal, THE Great Escape. Coming up for auction is the diary that belonged to the late Royal Air Force Flight Lieutenant Vivian* Phillips while he was held in the Nazis’ Stalag Luft III camp, in present-day Poland. The auction house claims it is the only such diary believed to have survived not only the camp, “but also a forced march of hundreds of miles across Germany” later. *I can see him fighting with his Dad in the mud, the blood, and the beer. :eyebrow: http://cellar.org/img/luft1-1.jpg Quote:
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Does that depict a guard dog barking; or, hearing the bark of a firing squad?
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Thanks for that, Bruce.
I'd intended to post something on the 'This Day in History' topic today but I'll add it here instead. The ever reliable Wikipedia lists materiel 'acquired' during the Great Escape efforts as follows: Quote:
Link In the last few weeks two of the participants in the escape have died. Squadron Leader Dick Churchill died on 15th Feb. He was the last survivor of the seventy-six escapees and was among the twenty-three not executed on Hitler's orders. Link Flight Lieutenant Jack Lyon died on 8th March. The plot was discovered by guards before he could attempt his escape. He described himself as 'lucky'. Link There's a 75th anniversary service of commemoration at the site today and I understand that the RAF is participating both in the air and on the ground. |
Thank you sir, excellent addition of information. :notworthy
However I would like to know why Wiki, MI-6, the CIA, the KGB(SRV), and Bundesnachrichtendienst, have colluded to cover up the heroic motorcycle ride of Hilts "The Cooler King". :eyebrow: |
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Thanks you two. I learned a bunch with this post.
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We do it all for you, Spuck. :D
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