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• white plans for Colditz glider

  (souvenirs and ephemera)

  First plans drawn in pencil on artist's paper for the 'Colditz Cock' by Flight Lieutenant Bill Goldfinch. The plans were also later used for building the 'Spirit of Colditz', a replica for the Channel Four television series on Colditz. At the beginning...

• model, The Colditz Glider

  (souvenirs and ephemera) Made by: Airfix 1974

  Unassembled commemorative flying model of the Colditz Glider, that Airfix produced at the time of the BBC Television Series in 1974.

• pink plans for Colditz glider

  (souvenirs and ephemera) 1945

  Plans for the construction of an escape glider (the 'Colditz Cock') based on the designs of Flight-Lieutenant L J E Goldfinch produced during the Second World War whilst he was a prisoner of war in Oflag IVC, Colditz Camp (Saxony, Germany). At the...

• OFLAG IVC PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, COLDITZ CASTLE, GERMANY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR 1939 - 1945" (photographs) Made by: German official photographer

  A group of British prisoners of war smile for the camera at Christmas. A large Christmas tree can be seen behind them, and a streamer just visible above their heads also adds a festive touch.

• OFLAG IVC PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, COLDITZ CASTLE, SAXONY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "REID P (MAJOR) COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Escape attempts - the underside of the hole beneath the stage in the camp theatre through which four officers escaped, two of them successfully.

• carpenter's plane (used glider for construction)

  (souvenirs and ephemera)

  Carpenter's plane used in the construction of the Second World War 'Colditz Cock' escape glider. For full description of this escape project see EPH 637. The plane was also used in other escape schemes. Flight Lieutenant Jack Best, who helped build the...

• saw (for construction of glider)

  (souvenirs and ephemera)

  Saw used in the construction of the Second World War 'Colditz Cock' escape glider. For full description of this ingenious escape project see EPH 637. Flight Lieutenant Jack Best (RAF), who helped build the glider, later described the origins and history...

• carpenter's plane (for glider construction)

  (souvenirs and ephemera)

  Carpenter's plane used in the construction of the Second World War 'Colditz Cock' escape glider. For full description of this ingenious escape project see EPH 637. The plane was also used in other escape schemes. See EPH 4532 for details of a larger...

• white plans for Colditz glider, framed

  (souvenirs and ephemera)

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• brush, boot

  (souvenirs and ephemera)

  Second World War period improvised British prisoner of war escape equipment. This boot brush with false back contained German currency and a rice paper map. It was used by Colonel George A D Young DSO while in Colditz as a hiding place for these vital...