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Flight Lieutenant Denys Oliver Street
18/09/2023
Second World War Air Force United Kingdom The Great Escape
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Flight Lieutenant Denys Oliver Street
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Flight Lieutenant Denys Oliver Street was captured in March 1943 when his Lancaster bomber aircraft was shot down. Like Nils Fuglesang, he was murdered following the ‘Great Escape’, and his ashes were place in the memorial at Stalag Luft III. When the search team removed the ashes in 1948, it was decided that Denys would be taken to Berlin.

Evidence suggests that this was because his father, Sir Arthur William Street, was a senior British official in Berlin and they thought that he would appreciate being close to his son. Today, Denys is buried in Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Plot 3. Row A. Grave 24.

Flight Lieutenant Denys Oliver Street (copyright unknown).