# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/franz-von-werra
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:16:49.915Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/franz-von-werra"
name: "Franz von Werra"
slug: "franz-von-werra"
description: "Franz Xaver Freiherr von Werra was a German World War II fighter pilot and flying ace who was shot down over Britain and captured. He was the only Axis prisoner of war to escape from Canadian custody and return to Germany apart from a U-boat seaman, Walter Kurt Reich, said to have jumped from a Polish troopship into the St. Lawrence River in July 1940. Werra managed to return to Germany via the US, Mexico, South America and Spain, finally reaching Germany on 18 April 1941."
tagline: "Recipient of the Knights Cross (1914-1941)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/FRANZ_VON_WERRA.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
birthDate: "1914-07-13"
deathDate: "1941-10-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.18
  momentum:             2.871362940275651
  historical:           12.88252266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Франц фон Верра"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فرانز ڤون ويرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Franz von Werra"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_von_Werra"
    title: "Franz von Werra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_von_Werra"
    title: "Franz von Werra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_von_Werra"
    title: "Franz von Werra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_von_Werra"
    title: "Franz von Werra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_von_Werra"
    title: "Franz von Werra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_von_Werra"
    title: "Franz von Werra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "フランツ・フォン・ヴェラ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_von_Werra"
    title: "Franz von Werra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Franz von Werra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_von_Werra"
    title: "Franz von Werra"
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    title: "Верра, Франц фон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_von_Werra"
    title: "Franz von Werra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63901"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump