FIGHTER PILOT

Oberleutnant Franz von Werra

Ritterkreuz

Forever famous as ‘The One That Got Away’, von Werra flew with II./JG3 before being shot down over Britain and taken POW. He was awarded the Knights Cross in December 1940. Taken to a POW camp in Canada, von Werra made an audacious escape which saw him...

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