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Henry Birkland
Birth name
Henry Birkland
Nickname(s)
Hank
Born
(1917-08-16)16 August 1917 Caldwell, Manitoba
Died
31 March 1944(1944-03-31) (aged 26) near Sagan, German-occupied Poland
Buried
Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery, Poland
Allegiance
Canada
Service/branch
Royal Canadian Air Force
Years of service
1940–1944
Rank
Flight lieutenant
Service number
J5233
Unit
No. 72 Squadron RAF
Battles/wars
World War II
Channel Front (POW)
Awards
Mentioned in Despatches
Henry Birkland (16 August 1917 – 31 March 1944), was a Canadian 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, but was one of the men re-captured and murdered by the Gestapo.
HenryBirkland (16 August 1917 – 31 March 1944), was a Canadian Spitfire pilot who was taken prisoner during the Second World War. He took part in the...
Birkland is a surname of English origin. The name refers to: HenryBirkland (1917–1944), was a Canadian World War II POW who took part in the 'Great Escape'...
freedom. Flying Officers Włodzimierz Kolanowski, Robert Stewart and HenryBirkland and Flight Lieutenants Ernst Valenta, Edgar Humphreys, George McGill...
Great Escape operation he frequently took part in the tunnelling with HenryBirkland. When the alarm was sounded and shots fired as the 77th escaper was...
IV-C at Colditz for attempting to steal an aircraft. Flying Officer HenryBirkland RCAF and Flight Lieutenant John Stower also took part in this escape...
that tunnel on the night of 24 March 1944. He and two companions named HenryBirkland and Denys Street managed to get clear of the area through nearby forests...
where their group swelled to ten before their appointed marshal "Hank" HenryBirkland led his group off westwards. Hunk Humphreys and Paul Royle headed off...
local history enthusiasts amidst the old oaks of an area known as the Birklands. Experts believe it may also yield clues about the boundary of the ancient...
Pat Langford, "Adam" Wlodzimierz Kolanowski, Bob Stewart and "Hank" HenryBirkland being led away to a covered truck, They were all shot in a clearing...
Biography (2005), pp. 407–408. Scott L. Althaus. Todd Schaefer and Tom Birkland (ed.). "Encyclopedia of Media and Politics" (PDF). Washington, D. C.: C...
1991 Helen Marie Black Genevieve Fiore Augusta Tabor Wilma Webb 1996 Joan Birkland Elise M. Boulding Dana Hudkins Crawford Margaret L. Curry Terri H. Finkel...
the forest[citation needed] is the Special Area of Conservation named Birklands and Bilhaugh. It is a remnant of an older, much larger, royal hunting...
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the original on December 26, 2008. Retrieved January 9, 2009. Mitchell, Henry (November 6, 1979). "A Farewell to Mamie Eisenhower". The Washington Post...
Hampshire. That school was founded in 1948 by Boston child psychologist, Henry Patey, for the students of "exceptional potential (gifted) that have not...
February 28, 1973, during a visit in Washington, D.C., Meir agreed with Henry Kissinger's peace proposal based on "security versus sovereignty": Israel...
Her mother, Susan Holbert, was a singer of gospel music, and her father, Henry McDaniel, fought in the Civil War with the 122nd United States Colored Troops...
co-founder of the first nurse practitioner program. Along with pediatrician Henry Silver, Ford started the pediatric nurse practitioner program at the University...
1991 Helen Marie Black Genevieve Fiore Augusta Tabor Wilma Webb 1996 Joan Birkland Elise M. Boulding Dana Hudkins Crawford Margaret L. Curry Terri H. Finkel...
August 21, 2019. Retrieved July 3, 2020. Santana, Arthur; Broom, Jack; Birkland, Dave (October 8, 1996), "Man Accused As Spy Is From Tacoma", Seattle Times...
June 1818 An Act for vesting in His Majesty certain parts of the Hayes of Birkland and Bilhagh, and of certain commonable lands and open uninclosed lands...
chest supplied – in possibly an early example of corporate sponsorship – by Henry Wellcome's company in London.[citation needed] In 1891, she travelled through...