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The Great Escape: setting the record straight

Location today that marks the spot near Ramstein Air Base where Royal Air Force Squadron leader Roger Bushell and French Air Force 2nd Lt. Bernad Scheidhauer were executed on March 29, 1944. A second marker was placed approximately 70 yards to the rear of the execution site. (Courtesy photo by Dr. Silvano Wueschner, Air University historian)

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