Franz von Werra

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Recipient of the Knights Cross (1914-1941)

SwitzerlandLived 1914 to 1941 · aged 27

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Franz Xaver Freiherr von Werra was a German World War II fighter pilot and flying ace who was shot down over Britain and captured.

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Franz von Werra's Bf 109E-4, pictured at Marden, Kent

Awards 1

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

About this person

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.

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Switzerland

Status

deceased

Dates

Lived 1914 to 1941 · aged 27

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