About this episode

The episode features Guido Almekinders discussing the story of Chaz Hall, a photo reconnaissance pilot and his experiences during World War II.

Guido Almekinders joined us to tell us about Chaz Hall, a photo reconnaissance pilot who had trained to be a photographer before the war, but he had to bail out after engine failure on only his third flight. As a trained photographer he was tasked with taking and developing the photographs for the escapers ID cards. After his recapture, he wrote in Latin, on the wall of his cell in Gorlitz prison, the prophetic words “ We who are about to die salute you ”.  For You The War Is Over is a podcast that looks at the real life stories of Prisoner-of-War escapes from the the Second World War. Hosted by Dave Robertson and Tony Hoskins, each episode looks at a new escape.  If you would like to follow us on Twitter we can be found  @FYTWIO  we can also be found on Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/FYTWIO/  or if you would prefer to send a more long form message we can also be reached via email at FYTWIOpodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Dave Robertson, Tony Hoskins

Guest: Guido Almekinders

Topics covered

• Prisoner-of-War escapes
• World War II
• photo reconnaissance
• military history
• personal stories

Keywords

• Chaz Hall
• Guido Almekinders
• photo reconnaissance
• Prisoner-of-War
• World War II
• military history
• escapes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: For You The War Is Over

Places: Gorlitz prison

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