Franz von Werra, Swiss-German captain and pilot (born 1914)

Franz von Werra

German fighter pilot (1914–1941)

Franz Xaver Freiherr von Werra was a German World War II fighter pilot and flying ace who was shot down over Britain and captured. He was the only Axis prisoner of war to escape from Canadian custody and return to Germany apart from a U-boat seaman, Walter Kurt Reich, said to…