Escaped German Prisoners-of-War Stole A Plane

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This is the amazing story of two Luftwaffe POWs who managed to escape from their camp in England and steal an RAF plane to fly to German-occupied Europe.

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[wardaddyindustries]

"Sorry gentleman you deserve better luck" what a British line.

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[josephthomas]

Being impressed with the effort and then giving the escapees a nice officers dinner as a consultation prize is the most British thing I've ever heard.

[GP-fwhn]

Strange how when you hear stories from the other side's perspective you find yourself rooting for them even though they were the enemy. In the end we are all the same.

[LancasterResponding]

Arrives at RAF base and is greeted by guards

“Hello is me, George David. I am pilot RAF. God save the Queen yes. Let me have plane please”

“Seems legit, welcome sir”

[thebeatnumber]

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[Rustythemouse]

RAF maintenance servicemen havin a chat:
-Such a nice lads were took off recently!
-Wha'?
-Yep, they were so polite!
-What did they say?
*-Danke Schön, Auf Wiedershen!*

[EthanKnight]

One's got to love the British sense of sportsmanship.

[davidkreutzberger]

Great video Mark my dad was a German POW so l was rooting for these two but glad they turned back, my dad was Wehrmacht soldier and first went to the states as POW when the Germans saw the industrial capacity of the US they knew they could never have prevailed.
It was right that Nazi regime failed, shame so many ordinary people died .

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[fromontario]

Fascinating story!
I love how the brits were basically like I’m not even mad I’m actually kind of impressed... but I gotta do my job.

[thelastroman]

It’s very interesting to hear about the often forgotten German POW escapes during the Second World War. Keep up the great work Dr. Felton.

[BeachFishingAnticsUK]

He crashed on my step father's family farm in Aldington. The Wanstall family still own the farm today.

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[ritvikupadhyay]

I laughed hard when Mark mentioned that they wasted their time in a cinema. Entertainment before escape. 😂

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[julianmarsh]

Years ago in Nuremburg inadvertantly dressed as a German cop with green pants, mustard shirt and a big green rucksack, a man spoke to me in German, then realising I was English, in English, he was 90 tall, fit, white hair but still blonde, Hans had been a Dr with the SS brigade that parachute dropped into Crete, his tales were amazing, I saw him one more time the following year, he will be gone now, bless you Hans.