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Great Escaper who was recaptured and executed by Nazis is remembered as his medals go up for auction

Great Escaper who was recaptured and executed by Nazis is remembered as his medals go up for auction
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PoW s secret codes that fooled the Nazis: How Spitfire pilot held in Great Escape camp sent coded message to British MI9 spies hidden in letter about glorious weather to his mother

The coded message was sent by Peter Gardner in a letter that was addressed to his mother and which accompanied a photo of an old school friend . Above: The tiny coded message with the photo.

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EXCLUSIVE: Unseen photos show future Tory minister who was captured by the Nazis during WWII performing in amateur shows while an inmate at Great Escape camp

Peter Thomas, who died aged 87 in 2008, served as Welsh Secretary under Edward Heath between 1970 and 1974. Above left: In one of the performances at Stalag Luft III.

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Great Escape hero who distracted guards while tunnels were dug in WWII dies aged 102

Captain Charles Vyvyan Howard was held at the infamous Stalag Luft III camp in what is now Poland after being shot down and captured in 1941.

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How the Great Escape was made possible because of collaboration from German guards

The letter, written by escapee Roy Langlois, is revealed for the first time by his daughter in Channel 5 s The Great Escape, which airs tonight at 9pm.

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