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3 unusual facts about Francis Steinmetz


Francis Steinmetz

At Leisnig Steinmetz and Larive took a train to Nuremberg where they waited for their next train in a nearby park.

In December 1950 he commanded the minesweeper Boereo in Dutch New Guinea, before returning to the naval training centre at Voorschoten.

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Larive did not forget and many prisoners later escaped using this route - that included Larive himself, Francis Steinmetz, Anthony Luteyn, Airey Neave, Pat Reid and Howard Wardle in their escapes from Colditz Castle when Colditz was used in the war as Oflag IV-C.



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