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Prisoner escapes from death camp on a stolen Nazi bomber

March 15, 2013

Mikhail Devyatayev was the thirteenth child in the family of peasant Pyotr Devyataev. But it was Mikhail, who glorified his father’s name. Mikhail Devyatayev piloted the plane hijacked from the German airdrome. There were ten Soviet prisoners on board that plane. It was a rare feat when emaciated concentration camp prisoners succeeded in a daring escape.