Ian Cross
Squadron Leader · United Kingdom
- Died
- 31 March 1944
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Squadron Leader Ian Cross was a bomber pilot of No. 103 Squadron who was shot down and taken prisoner, and held among the Allied air-force officers at Stalag Luft III. He was one of the 76 men who got away through the tunnel “Harry” in the Great Escape of 24/25 March 1944.
Like all but three of the escapers he was recaptured. He was among the fifty murdered by the Gestapo on Hitler’s orders, shot near Görlitz on 31 March 1944. He is commemorated in the Old Garrison Cemetery at Poznań, Poland.
Sources: This page was compiled from publicly available historical sources, including Wikipedia — List of Allied airmen from the Great Escape and Wikipedia — Stalag Luft III murders. The text is original and has been written from factual source material; no source text has been copied unless specifically quoted and attributed.
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery, Poland
Prisoner of war
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Stalag Luft III
— Died in captivity
One of “the Fifty” murdered by the Gestapo after the Great Escape from Stalag Luft III, March 1944. 103 Sqn RAF.
Operations on this date. One raid in this archive was flown on the night of 31 March 1944: Operation Nuremberg raid. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)
Service
- Squadron Leader, No. 103 Squadron
Source: Wikipedia — List of Allied airmen from the Great Escape →