I m sorry Gentlemen, you deserve better luck : How two Luftwaffe pilots who met in Cumbria PoW camp stole an RAF plane but ran out of fuel over Norfolk. only to get slap-up meal for their bravery after finally being caught
Leutnant Heinz Schnabel and Oberleutnant Harry Wappler tried to flee in 1941
They were prisoners of war at the converted Shap Wells Hotel, in Cumbria
They hatched plan to catch the train to RAF Kingstown airfield, near Carlisle
The men then stole a Miles Magister training aircraft but ran out of fuel
Maintained their Dutch identities to blag their way into another base to refuel