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Porokoru Patapu Pohe was a trailblazer; the first Maori pilot in the RNZAF, the first to attack occupied Europe, and the first to attack Germany itself, as well as being the only Maori in the Great Escape.
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Not many know that 1944 Great Escape from Stalag Luft III was prototyped (MI9 involved) on the 1941 escape from Oflag V Biberach.
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Fab idea @FYTWIO Love making these kind of connections! Living history in the making.
Would you be interested in sharing your father's story with us, Becky?
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Tom Leigh was Australian, but lived in the UK. He lost both parents in childhood, while his brother was also killed in the Second World War, shortly after Tom was murdered in the Great Escape.
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Here’s a manual on escape and evasion I picked up a while back.
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Off the back of today’s @FYTWIO episode - some more about McDonald. Here is the house in Elgin and birth certificate showing his real DOB. 1/
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PR AIRMEN OF THE GREAT ESCAPE
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In another episode from our friends at @FYTWIO historian Bill Robertson talks to the pod about F/Lt Alistair McDonald, who was part of the security team in the Great Escape and was one of those fortunate to survive.
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An absolute pleasure to have you on!
Please do have a listen . I’ve been a listener to @FYTWIO since its inception and never thought I’d see the day they’d be speaking to me!
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Alastair McDonald took part in nine different escape attempts while a prisoner of war.
We were joined by Bill Robertson, from @WHW_HighlandIC, and author of the The Undefeated, to look at his life.
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George Wiley was one of the youngest Great Escapers, having required his father to sign his enlistment papers.
Canadian POW historian @TurcotteJM, joined us to tell us more about Wiley's life.
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Credit: Veterans Canada
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The Far East's MI9 was BAAG for those in Hong Kong. There are several documented escapes of Indians who used this. It was difficult for British/ Australian etc escapes as the men would be too conspicuous. From Singapore, there were two well documented escapes by Indian officers, here is an article on one of them, the other is covered in my book. Both identified a chain of helpers but this was not used as a network for others as there was no MI9 effort in Delhi for various reasons. scroll.in/article/1092544/ho…
MI9 was one of Britain’s most ingenious secret services of WWII.
Its mission was to help thousands of downed Allied airmen and soldiers escape Nazi-occupied Europe and fight again: amzn.to/3DFObMd
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Brian Evans had a short but very eventful operational career, but he was to utilise his pre-war surveying skills for the Great Escape, helping to estimate the required tunnel length required.
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It has been a long time coming but my episode for the For You the War is Over @FYTWIO podcast has finally dropped. I hope you enjoy it. shows.acast.com/for-you-the-…
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Albert Hake produced hundreds of compasses for the Great Escape, stamping on each one “Made in Stalag Luft III - Patent Pending”.
@kristenauthor joined us to share Hake's story. Listen here: shows.acast.com/for-you-the-…
Credit: Australians in Stalag Luft III
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An amazing story, but also want to know if he was taken prisoner of war or if he managed to escape, and if so how?!
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My uncle, Captain Wylder Modine, was a real B-17 "Flying Fortress" pilot during WWII. After returning from a bombing mission, he got hit by anti-aircraft fire and almost had his right arm taken off. He had his crew bail, but his co-pilot was shot up really bad and couldn’t parachute, so my uncle, with one arm, landed the heavily damaged B-17 in a field behind enemy lines. He was awarded the Air Medal and Purple Heart. I talked with him before making MEMPHIS BELLE in 1989. He gave me his dress uniform to wear in the film and said, “when you put that on, don't disrespect it.”
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Great to be on the show @FYTWIO Great Escapes 5 unwrapped!
🚨Bonus Episode!🚨
Ahead of the launch of "SAS: Great Escapes Five" we were joined by @authordlewis, to share the incredible story of L/Cpl George Arnold, who was deployed behind enemy lines in Italy to exfiltrated escaped prisoners-of-war!
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🚨Bonus Episode!🚨
Ahead of the launch of "SAS: Great Escapes Five" we were joined by @authordlewis, to share the incredible story of L/Cpl George Arnold, who was deployed behind enemy lines in Italy to exfiltrated escaped prisoners-of-war!
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Following the Great Escape Harold Milford was told he would never see his wife again, which sadly came true.
@MyPOWProject shared Milford's story and her work on POW mental health.
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Sister Olga Baudot de Rouville (Red Cross nurse and MI9 secret agent) served with distinction in both world wars, operating under false identity as a courier and liaison officer for the French Resistance.
After Dunkirk, she also provided vital medical care to British troops in Lille.
Please remember her wartime service:
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