Angler POW escape

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In 1941, 28 German POWs held in a Canadian camp escaped from Angler POW Camp.

The initial intent was for 100 prisoners to escape, but the escape was interuppted.

Horst Liebeck and Karl Heinz-Grund were captured in Medicine Hat, Alberta.

Four were captured by RCMP officers aboard a freight train.

Five were found sleeping in a construction site - and were shot. The original report said that they had rushed the two Canadian soldiers who found them, while later research indicated that four had been shot while still lying down, killing two of them, while the fifth had run into a nearby forest where he was quickly captured.