Return to Colditz Oflag IVc Signed by Reid, Bader, Howe Pris...

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Return to Colditz Oflag IVc Signed by Reid, Bader, Howe Prisons of War Colditz. 16 4 80 Colditz Return to Colditz. Personally Signed by Major P R Reid one of the few to escape from Colditz and escaped into Switzerland. Remained in Switzerland after the end of the war. serving as an assistant Military Attache in Berne from 9th March until early 1946 and receiving promotion to Temporary Major on 1 November 1945. He was unusually discreet about his duties there, but in fact working for the Secret intelligence Service ( M16) gathering intelligence from arriving escapees. Gp Capt. Sir Douglas Bader. The legless Fighter pilot CO 242 Hurricane Squadron during the Battle of Britain, shot down in 1941 and taken prisoner, escaped was recaptured and sent to Oflag 7c Colditz Castle until released by the US Army in 1945. British army officer during World War II. He was captured by the Germans in 1940 and eventually held in Oflag IV-C, at Colditz Castle, where he served as Escape Officer from 1942 to 1945. Captain Richard Herbert Howe MBE, MC (21 June 1912 - 1 June 1981) was a British army officer during World War II. He was captured by the Germans in 1940 and eventually held in Oflag IV-C, at Colditz Castle, where he served as Escape Officer from 1942 to 1945. where he served as Escape Officer from 1942 to 1945. He organised many escapes including eight successful home runs of British officers. Baroness Airey Neave. Wife of Colditz Escaper Col Airey Neave. She worked in a RAF hospital and married Airey Neave in 1942 after his escape from Colditz and his return to England she worked for P. W. E. by day and with Airey Neave and M19 agents in the Evening. Although not officially employed by M 19 she became involved with the operations of the famous Comete escape route. Later she worked with the Poles in London at the time of the fall of Warsaw. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99