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Al Hake
1916–1944
- Nationality
- Australia
- Occupation
- military personnel
Albert Horace Hake (30 June 1916 â 31 March 1944) was an Australian Supermarine Spitfire pilot who was taken prisoner during the Second World War.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Stalag Luft IIIDates unknown
Biography
Albert Horace Hake (30 June 1916 â 31 March 1944) was an Australian Supermarine Spitfire pilot who was taken prisoner during the Second World War. He took part in the 'Great Escape' from Stalag Luft III in March 1944 and was one of the men recaptured and subsequently shot by the Gestapo.
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