First prisoner of the Duchy of Luxemburg

JCFalkenbergIII · #1 (**permalink**) January 28th, 2008, 10:16 PM

In Dec 1939 Flying Officer Richard Martin after landing his damaged Hurricane became a prisoner of The Duchy of Luxemburg. He gave his parole not to try and escape. He was treated as a celebrity and given full freedom of movement. A short time later after hearing of the expliots of his fellow pilots, he wanted to get back into the fighting. He then asked the Mayor if he wouldnt mind if he could take back his parole and escape asap. The Mayor just laughed .And taking advantage of everyone having a good time F/O Martin walked back into France Christmas Day. F/O Martin with two other pilots attacked 12 Messerschimtts when a cannon shell hit his oil system. There was smoke coming out and oil all over the canopy. Feeling that the plane was still serviceable, he decided not to bail out. After landing he got out of his cockpit and was walking away. He saw some people heading towards him in funny uniforms and he realized he wasn't in France LOL. He tried to run back to the plane and was caught

LOL.

Stefan · #2 (**permalink**) January 28th, 2008, 10:26 PM

Brilliant story though the end was confusing, was he captured a second time or was that how he got caught first time around?

JCFalkenbergIII · #3 (**permalink**) January 28th, 2008, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Stefan

Brilliant story though the end was confusing, was he captured a second time or was that how he got caught first time around?

Thanks. And sorry that was how he was first caught LOL.

JCFalkenbergIII · #4 (**permalink**) January 28th, 2008, 10:42 PM

Correct sequence LOL.

In Dec 1939 Flying Officer Richard Martin after landing his damaged Hurricane became a prisoner of The Duchy of Luxemburg

Flying Officer Richard Martin with two other pilots attacked 12 Messerschimtts when a cannon shell hit his oil system. There was smoke coming out and oil all over the canopy. Feeling that the plane was still serviceable, he decided not to bail out. After landing he got out of his cockpit and was walking away. He saw some people heading towards him in funny uniforms and he realized he wasn't in France LOL. He tried to run back to the plane and was caught

LOL. He gave his parole not to try and escape. He was treated as a celebrity and given full freedom of movement. A short time later after hearing of the expliots of his fellow pilots, he wanted to get back into the fighting. He then asked the Mayor if he wouldnt mind if he could take back his parole and escape asap. The Mayor just laughed .And taking advantage of everyone having a good time F/O Martin walked back into France Christmas Day.