In Memory Of
STEVENS, RUPERT JOHN
Service Details
Age:
24
Date of Birth:
1919-02-21
Service No:
47431
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
12 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-03-29
Cause of Death:
Executed by the Nazis for his role in the Great Escape. One of the 50.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Coll. grave 9. A.
Cemetery:
POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY
Country:
Poland
Additional Information
Decorations:
Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
LG Sup 8 June 1944 pg. 2645
Son of George Reuben and Patricia (nee Pitt) Stevens, of Cape Town, South Africa. Shot down in Martin Maryland Mk I/II #AH287, and made POW. Escaped and recaptured at Rosenheim, murdered 29-Mar-44 by Schneider; cremated at Munich.
