Catalogue description Squadron Leader R J Bushell: report of death; attempted to escape whilst a prisoner of...

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Details of AIR 81/507
Reference: AIR 81/507
Description:

Squadron Leader R J Bushell: report of death; attempted to escape whilst a prisoner of war at Stalag Luft III ('the Great Escape'), 25 March 1944. Prisoner of war; Spitfire PN3194 failed to return from an operational flight, shot down near Boulogne, France, 23 May 1940.

[Bushell participated in the 'Great Escape' from Stalag Luft III on the night of 24/25 March 1944.]
Date: 1940 Jan 01 - 1953 Dec 31
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: P 352321/40
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Access conditions: Open on Transfer
Record opening date: 23 July 2014

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