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The Great Escape

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The Great Escape

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Auction Date:2011 Dec 07 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Major escape from the Stalag Luft III POW Camp in Germany during WWII. The location of the camp was selected due to the near impossibility of escape via tunnel. However, in March of 1944, after a year of planning and preparing, Squadron Leader Roger Bushell lead approximately 200 men towards freedom through the simultaneous construction of three tunnels, Tom, Dick, and Harry. Fantastic flight flown commemorative cover with a color cachet honoring The Great Escape from Stalag Luft III, March 23, 1944, 7.5 x 4.5, signed in ballpoint and felt tip by Captain Douglas Poynter, Pilot Officer B. A. (Jimmy) James, and Wing Commander Henry Kenneth Rees. In fine condition, with light creasing.