355:, an order that was one of the pieces of evidence most critical in securing Göring's conviction at the Nuremberg trials. Tindal had had his own escapes. He and two other airmen were the first to attempt a 'gate escape' dressed in their own uniforms with braid and badges Tindal had obtained by bribery, after which he managed to open his door through filing his key. Tindal once escaped in German uniform for eight days, before being caught near Hamburg. Tindal was also responsible for the dissemination of BBC bulletins that had been signalled from the NCO compound by semaphor. For his many escape attempts, Tindal was twice
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Tindal was on the first regular escape committee established after the Stalag Luft III compound was opened, with responsibility for intelligence and the 'contact' organisation. Preceding the Great Escape, his particular responsibility was to forge the documents of the escapers. He had originally been
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on the list of airmen due to escape from the camp in the daring enterprise, but had given his place to a Polish airman whose wife was due to give birth in
England. This man was shot along with other airmen at the direct orders of
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bombers. He was shot down on 11 December 1940 at Châteaubriant in occupied France, together with
Sergeants E Martin, J McEwan and RP Tebutt. All were taken prisoner and Tindal was eventually imprisoned at
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