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2 unusual facts about Barry Mahon


Barry Mahon

Mahon was imprisoned at Stalag Luft III and managed to escape, but was captured on the Czech border when his feet became too sore to go on.

Pilot Officer Mahon damaged three German fighters, two FW-190s in April and an Me-109 in May, before scoring his first confirmed victories of two FW-190s, downed in the Saint-Omer area, on June 8, 1942.



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