An Allied Prisoner who Stole a German Bomber
20th century • 9m 28s
When Mikhail Devyataev was captured and put into a concentration camp, instead of sitting by, he conspired to actually steal a German He-111 bomber from his camp commander in one of the most amazing stories of World War II.
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