Colditz (65 page)

 

Date

Method of Escape

Lieut. A. M. Allan

31.7.41

(1) Through subaltern's room loo.

9.8.43

(2) Clothes-store tunnel (“Whitechapel Deep”).

Major W. F. Anderson

1.9.41

Through kitchen basement.

Captain R. R. F. T. Barry

29.5.41

(1) Via canteen tunnel.

26.11.42

(2) As German soldier through German kitchen (with Lieut. Aulard—French).

19.8.42

(3) Through delousing shed shaft.

29.8.42

(4) Through cell bars.

F./Lieut. D. Bruce

16.6.44

Through courtyard drains.

Captain R. R. Baxter

16.6.44

Via shaft entrance to sewer.

Lieut. R. Barnes

16.6.44

Via shaft entrance to sewer.

Lieut. A. R. Campbell

9.8.43

Through dothes-store tunnel (“Whitechapel Deep”).

Lieut. A. Cheetham

31.7.41

Through subaltern's room loo.

Bo'sun J. Crisp

16.6.44

Through courtyard drains

Lieut. A. R. A. Cocksedge

16.6.44

Via shaft entrance to sewer.

F./Lieut. J. P. Dickinson

9.6.42

Via attic above English quarters.

F./Lieut. D. Donaldson

23.11.41

Over the roof.

Lieut. F. M. Edwards

29.4.44

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F./Lieut. N. Forbes

29.5.41

(1) Via canteen tunnel.

1.5.43

(2) Via Revier tunnel.

Captain H. A. V. Elliott

29.5.41

Through canteen tunnel.

F./Lieut. F. D. Flynn

31.7.41

(1) Through subaltern's room loo.

3.4.42

(2) Through subaltern's room tunnel.

Lieut. D. Gill

10.5.42

Through kitchen (with a Polish officer).

Lt./Col. G. German

29.5.41

(1) Via canteen tunnel.

1.9.41

(2) Via kitchen basement.

Lieut. R. Harrison

9.6.42

Through attic above English quarters.

Lieut. E. M. Harvey

26.3.44

From air-raid shelter.

Captain G. M. Pemberton-How

5.11.42

On Shützenhaus search.

Captain R. H. Howe

29.5.41

(1) Through canteen tunnel.

9.6.42

(2) Via attic above English quarters.

Lieut. J. Hyde-Thomson

8.5.41

(1) In straw palliase.

31.7.41

(2) Through subaltern's room loo.

Captain C. Lewthwaite

23.11.41

Via Polish orderlies' quarters.

Captain K. Lockwood

29.5.41

Through canteen tunnel.

Major R. C. Lorraine

16.6.44

Through courtyard sewer.

F./Lieut. D. Middleton

31.7.41

Via subaltern's room loo.

Lieut. D. N. Moir

29.4.44

From English quarters.

Lieut. A. M. S. Neave

28.8.41

(1) As German Unteroffizier via main gate.

23.11.41

(2) Through Polish orderlies' quarters.

Lieut. W. L. B. O'Hara

21.2.42

(1) Via loft and snow tunnel.

9.6.42

(2) From attic above English quarters.

Lieut. A. Orr-Ewing

21.2.42

Via loft and snow tunnel.

F./Lieut. V. Parker

26.3.44

(1) From air-raid shelter.

1.5.43

(2) Through Revier tunnel.

Sqdn./Ldr. B. Paddon

1.9.41

Via kitchen basement.

Lieut. J. L. Pumphrey

13.6.44

Through English kitchen.

Captain P. R. Reid

29.5.41

(1) Via canteen tunnel.

19.8.42

(2) From delousing shed shaft.

29.8.42

(3) From cell digging.

Captain J. Rogers

23.11.41

Through Polish orderlies' quarters.

Lieut. M. V. B. Riviere

13.6.44

Via English kitchen.

Lieut. P. D. Storie-Pugh

29.5.41

(1) Via canteen tunnel.

?.9.42

(2) In a loft (with Lieut. Kruimink—Dutch).

F./Lieut. D. Thom

23.11.41

Over the roof.

Lieut. G. Wardle

29.5.41

(1) Through canteen tunnel.

23.11.41

(2) from Polish orderlies' quarters.

F./Lieut. H. Wardle

29.5.41

Via canteen tunnel.

Lieut. D. E. Wheeler

1.5.43

(1) Through Revier tunnel.

29.4.44

(2) From English quarters.

 

Date

Method of Escape

Lieut. Kroner

20.8.41

From hospital at Königswartha.

 

Date

Method of Escape

Lieut. Chmiel

11.5.41

From the courtyard cells.

Lieut. Surmanowicz

Lieut. Just

5.4.41

(1) From hospital at Königswartha.

13.4.41

(2) From archway cell (taken to hospital at Villigen).

20.5.41

(3) From hospital at Villigen.

26.4.42

(4) From hospital at Gnäschwitz.

Captain Ladas

26.7.41

On return from park walk, through air-raid shelter (with Captain H. A. V. Elliott).

Lieut. Niestrzęba

26.4.42

From hospital at Gnäschwitz.

Lieut. Wychodczew

Lieut. J. Wojciechowski

22.11.41

Via park manhole (with Lieut. G. Wardle).

Lieut. Żelaźniewicz

1.9.42

On park walk.

 

Date

Method of Escape

Aspirant A. Karpf

31.7.41

From English subalterns' long room.

Captain Lados

29.5.41

Through canteen tunnel.

Lieut. Mikusiñski

Lieut. Kępa

6.12.42

Over orderlies' roof.

Lieut. Oslecki

Lieut. Slipko

Lieut. J. Tucki

?.7.42

In Polish orderlies' working party.

 

Date

Method of Escape

Lieut. E. H. Larive

16.8.41

Through park manhole.

Lieut. P. Steinmetz

Major C. Giebel

20.9.41

Through park manhole.

Lieut. O. L. Drijber

5.1.42

Disguised as German officer, under theater stage and out of guardhouse (with Lieut. A. M. S. Neave).

2/Lieut. A. P. T. Luteijn

Lieut. D. J. van Doorninck

9.9.42

Through Gephard's office, disguised as German officer.

 

Date

Method of Escape

Captain A. L. C. Dufour

13.8.41

Through park manhole.

Lieut. J. G. Smit

Lieut. G. W. T. Dames

15.8.41

Through hole—in wire in park.

Cadet J. H. Hageman

17.11.41

Disguised as German workmen from courtyard.

Cadet F. V. Geerligs

Lieut. C. L. J. F. Douw van der Krap

11.12.41

From park.

Lieut. F. E. Krulmink

 

 

Captain E. Steenhouwer

15.12.41

Through gate and archway.

Lieut. D. W. Baron van Lynden

Lieut. H. G. Donkers

6.1.42

(1) From theater (with Lieut. Hyde-Thompson).

9.9.42

(2) Through Gephard's office (with Lieut. G. Wardle).

Cadet C. Linck

?.1.42

(1) In empty sack from parcel office.

2.3.42

(2) On way to town jail (with F./Lieut. Flynn).

Lieut. D. W. Baron van Lynden

?.3.42

Via German guard quarters.

Lieut. T. Beets

9.9.42

Through Gephard's office (with Captain W. T. Lawton).

Lieut. W. F. van der Valk Bouwman

15.12.42

Disguised as German soldier out of main gate during search.

Captain A. L. C. Dufour

5.4.43

Disguised as German officer at start of walk (with F./Lieut. van Rood).

 

Date

Method of Escape

Lieut. A. Le Ray

11.4.41

On return from park walk.

Lieut. R. Collin

31.5.41

Camouflaged in park shelter.

Lieut. Tatischeff

18.7.41

From Shützenhaus during visit of Russian Orthodox choir.

Lieut. P. Mairesse Lebrun

2.7.41

Over wire and wall in park.

Lieut. A. Boucheron

?.9.41

From hospital, recaptured, then from prison at Düsseldorf.

Lieut. P. Odry

13.10.41

On return journey from hospital.

Lieut. Navelet

Lieut. J. Durand-Hornus

17.12.41

From visit to town dentist.

Lieut. G. de Frondeville

Lieut. J. Prot

Lieut. R. Bouillez

25.6.42

From hospital.

Lieut. A. Darthenay

12.7.43

From hospital.

 

Date

Method of Escape

Lieut. E. Boulé

15.6.41

On park walk, disguised as woman.

Lieut. A. Mattei

28.7.41

As German workmen across German quarters.

Lieut. R. Perrin

Captain M. Le Guet

20.1.42

On walk.

Abbé P. Jean-Jean

Lieut. H. Dejobert

20.3.42

In rubbish cart.

Lieut. A. Thibaud

Lieut. M. Girot

27.5.42

In place of a French orderly on working party.

Captain C. Kleln

25.11.42

Through German kitchen disguised as German soldier.

Lieut. A. Perrodeau

28.12.42

From courtyard, disguised as Willie Pönert (an electrician).

Lieut. J. Caillaud

8.4.43

Over the roof.

Lieut. E. Desbats