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Entry TypePerson
SurnamePluschow
ForenamesGunther
EpithetGerman prisoner of war
Dates1886-1931
Gender IdentityMale
BiographyServed as a flyer with German Navy in World War 1 in China. Imprisoned in Donington Hall prisoner of war camp, Castle Donington, Leics, from which he escaped in 1915, the only POW to escape Britain in either World War. Killed in flying accident, 1931.
Authorised Form of NamePluschow; Gunther (1886-1931); German prisoner of war

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