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Pete Tunstall

1918–2013

Nationality
United Kingdom
Occupation
military personnel

Peter David Tunstall (1 December 1918 – 27 July 2013) was a squadron leader in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War and a prisoner of war (POW) held at Colditz Castle.

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. Oflag IV-C
    Dates unknown
  2. Oflag IV-C
    Dates unknown

Biography

Peter David Tunstall (1 December 1918 – 27 July 2013) was a squadron leader in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War and a prisoner of war (POW) held at Colditz Castle. He holds the record for the most time spent by an Allied POW in solitary confinement.

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