George Grimson

George Grimson was an N.C.O. in the R.A.F. during the Second World War. He was captured and subsequently imprisoned in a succession of P.O.W. camps in Germany. As a prisoner in Stalag Luft VI he was involved in the Tally-Ho network, whose acquisition of German uniforms, passes and ration cards from suborned guards enabled Grimson to escape from the camp in February 1944 dressed as a German soldier. He travelled to Danzig (Gdansk) where he renewed contact with the Polish underground. Grimson organised a courier system, using Germans on the Tally-Ho payroll, and he travelled extensively through north-eastern Germany maintaining contact with the camp and even on occasion returning to its vicinity. Later Grimson was employed as a boatman in Danzig harbour, in which job he was able to pass escapees onto Swedish vessels. [Younger, Calton (1981) "No Flight From The Cage".pp 115-124 Aylesbury. W.H.Allen & Co. ISBN 0352308281] .

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