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Originally Posted by Sylvester Stadler
On 26 Feb 1942 Lt. Arnold Stahlschmidt had to crash-land his Bf 109F-4/Trop in the area of Bir Hacheim near a truck column of Polish troops who took him prisoner. After severely beating him, he was interrogated and during the night he was placed behind barbed wire. He escaped when the guard fell asleep and walked back to the German lines.
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A veteran who was there on the ground had his jaw wide open reading the account. No wonder, account form the other side is so different. I am wondering what was the source of Stahlschmidt account, was not it published already during the war?
Additionally, there were several evaders in Poland in 1939, and I recall a story of yet another Canada escapee, who traveled via Russia, but was not publicised because of Barbarossa.