The Escape Line

Sunday, 14 June 2015

Colditz - The Canteen Tunnel Part Two

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Map of Colditz Castle - War 44 Continued from previous post   Pat Reid’s plan after he exited the tunnel and climbed on to the gr...
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Sunday, 17 May 2015

Colditz - The Canteen Tunnel Part One

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Captain Pat Reid pictured in Colditz - strijdbewski.nl   Once Pat Reid arrived in Colditz he began looking at options for escape. It w...
Monday, 4 May 2015

Colditz - Poles, Locks and Bed Sheets Part Two

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Colditz Castle - war 44 Reid had received word that the escape was to take place that night (11 th May 1941) and the invitation to j...
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Monday, 27 April 2015

Colditz - Poles, Locks and Bed Sheets Part One

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A few days after the failed Allan escape (see previous post) two Polish officers made their attempt. Lieutenant Mikolaj ‘Miki’ Surmanowic...
Monday, 20 April 2015

Colditz - The Peter Allan Escape

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  The Germans never discovered how Alain Le Ray escaped from Colditz (see previous 3 posts). When serious questioning came from higher...
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Monday, 13 April 2015

Colditz Part Three - The First Home Run (3)

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French POWs at Colditz  Continued from last week’s post...   Alain Le Ray had to act immediately. Hidden from the outside, he only had ...
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Keith
Writer and reader of historical non-fiction and fiction, especially escape and evasion and World War 2. Also dabbles in flash fiction, short stories and dark tales. Don't Look Back is his first memoir. It is the true story of an RAF airman’s escape through Nazi occupied Europe and the paperback is available from Troubador Publishing. The eBook is downloadable now from all major providers.
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