Heinz Schnabel and Harry Wappler escape attempt
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Heinz Schnabel and Harry Wappler escape attempt
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Heinz Schnabel and Harry Wappler were two Second World War German prisoners of war who escaped from a British prison camp and attempted to fly to the continent in a stolen aircraft on 24 November 1941. Leutnant Schnabel and Oberleutnant Wappler were German Luftwaffe airmen who had been shot down during the Battle of Britain. Schnabel's aircraft was damaged by British fighters. He crash-landed in Kent on 5 September 1940; Wappler's bomber had hit a barrage balloon over Newport one week later and
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Escape attempt by two WWII prisoners of war
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Schnabel_and_Harry_Wappler_escape_attempt
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2024-04-01T01:21:43Z
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