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To: skinowski who wrote (301350)	4/16/2009 6:12:44 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) of 793770

That's right. Most of the escapees were Brits, and almost all were caught and executed. I've seen the journal that he kept in a blank book sent by the Red Cross. He wasn't much of a writer, so most of it is poems and essays he copied from others' journals. Some of them did artwork in his, which is really quite touching as are the poems. At the back, he kept a log of every single letter he got from my mother in law. His explanation was "I had nothin' to do and all day to do it in." A little known fact is that the Germans marched some of the POWs 300 miles in midwinter to go to another camp. They slept in bombed out buildings if they could sneak away from the guards long enough without being shot. The Germans kept meticulous records of every prisoner, and I've seen his ID card with the photo they took of him. The headings in German. He was a Flight Officer, a non-commissioned pilot. His co-pilot was a 1st Lt. Only one of his crew was killed on the bailout. About 30 years ago he learned one of his crew had performed a heroic act on the bailout, and he put the man in for a Silver Star. My father was present at the award ceremony too.

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