Key Information
Reference code
O'CONNOR 4/5/1
Title
Copy text of O'Connor's account of his first two attempts to escape captivity as a POW, c 1943
Date(s)
- 1941 Apr - 1943 Apr (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
72pp
Scope and content
Typescript copy of the escape narrative, including details of assistance throughout confinement by War Office; initial escape plans from Florence; first attempt and recapture, and sentencing to one month's solitary confinement, Sep 1942; digging of escape tunnel, Oct 1942-Mar 1943; escape, 30 Mar and account of fortunes of various members of the party, including journey of Brig James Hargest and Brig Miles to Switzerland; and capture of Brig J F B Combe and AVM O T Boyd in Como, and Maj Gen Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart and O'Connor in the Po Valley, near Bologna. With detailed plans of the castle showing escape tunnel. 2 copies, 72pp