10 Facts About Pete Tunstall

Peter David Tunstall was a squadron leader in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War and a prisoner of war held at Colditz Castle.

Pete Tunstall holds the record for the most time spent by an Allied POW in solitary confinement.

Pete Tunstall joined the RAF in 1937 and trained at No 61 Squadron at Hemswell in Lincolnshire and eventually became a Hampden pilot.

Pete Tunstall flew combat missions over France during and after the British retreat to Dunkirk.

Pete Tunstall was then moved to Oflag VIB, where he tried again to escape dressed as a German soldier.

Pete Tunstall did work with Escape Officers to cause diversions when an escape was "on".

Pete Tunstall did pull stunts and spoil roll calls at other times, otherwise the Germans would have known an escape was being covered up.

Pete Tunstall was liberated by American troops on 16 April 1945 and returned to Britain shortly afterwards.

Pete Tunstall served at the Advanced Flying Training School at Oakington in Cambridgeshire as a chief flying instructor.

Pete Tunstall died on 27 July 2013 at his home in South Africa.