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Lawrence Haynes

Lawrence Haynes in 1944.

Lawrence Haynes (1911 - 29 March 1944) was a Canadian Royal Air Force officer during World War II.

Biography[]

Haynes was born in Edmonton , Canada in 1911. He joined the Royal Air Force in 1931. Haynes was captured in 1941 and sent to a POW camp in Germany. In 1943, he was sent to Stalag Luft III. Haynes was part of The Great Escape, he was dressed as a Luftwaffe soldier but a Gestapo patrol captured him. In prison he met Dennis Cavendish and many others. Haynes was shot by the Gestapo along with other 50 prisioners on 29 March 1944, 5 days of his escape.

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