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Hedley Fowler

Hedley Fowler

1916–1944

Nationality
United Kingdom
Occupation
aircraft pilot

Hedley Nevile 'Bill' Fowler (8 June 1916 – 26 March 1944) was a British Royal Air Force pilot who became a prisoner of war and successfully escaped from Oflag IV-C at Colditz during the Second World War.

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. Stalag Luft I
    Dates unknown
  2. Oflag IV-C
    Dates unknown

Biography

Hedley Nevile 'Bill' Fowler (8 June 1916 – 26 March 1944) was a British Royal Air Force pilot who became a prisoner of war and successfully escaped from Oflag IV-C at Colditz during the Second World War.

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