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Al Hake

Al Hake

1916–1944

Nationality
Australia
Occupation
military personnel

Albert Horace Hake (30 June 1916 – 31 March 1944) was an Australian Supermarine Spitfire pilot who was taken prisoner during the Second World War.

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. Stalag Luft III
    Dates unknown

Biography

Albert Horace Hake (30 June 1916 – 31 March 1944) was an Australian Supermarine Spitfire pilot who was taken prisoner during the Second World War. He took part in the 'Great Escape' from Stalag Luft III in March 1944 and was one of the men recaptured and subsequently shot by the Gestapo.

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