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Pierre Marie Jean-Baptiste Mairesse-Lebrun (born March 16, 1912) was a French Army cavalry officer who became famous for his daring escape from Colditz castle, Oflag IV-C. He was born in Bauzy, Loir-et-Cher. Lebrun served as a captain in the 4th regiment Chasseurs de l'Afrique and was captured during the Fall of France. He was sent to Oflag IV-C also known as Colditz Castle from where he escaped successfully on July 2, 1941. On July 20, 1946, he married Christine Solvay de La Hulpe (b. 1922). Lebrun was created a Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur.

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  • Pierre Marie Jean-Baptiste Mairesse-Lebrun (born March 16, 1912) was a French Army cavalry officer who became famous for his daring escape from Colditz castle, Oflag IV-C. He was born in Bauzy, Loir-et-Cher. Lebrun served as a captain in the 4th regiment Chasseurs de l'Afrique and was captured during the Fall of France. He was sent to Oflag IV-C also known as Colditz Castle from where he escaped successfully on July 2, 1941. On July 20, 1946, he married Christine Solvay de La Hulpe (b. 1922). Lebrun was created a Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur.
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  • Pierre Marie Jean-Baptiste Mairesse-Lebrun (born March 16, 1912) was a French Army cavalry officer who became famous for his daring escape from Colditz castle, Oflag IV-C. He was born in Bauzy, Loir-et-Cher. Lebrun served as a captain in the 4th regiment Chasseurs de l'Afrique and was captured during the Fall of France. He was sent to Oflag IV-C also known as Colditz Castle from where he escaped successfully on July 2, 1941. After a walk in the park all POW's gathered to be counted and be escorted back to the main castle. At this moment all guards, who stood around the park fences, also returned to the park entrance leaving the backfences unguarded. Mairesse Lebrun and Lieutenant Pierre Odry used this opportunity to leave the group, and together they ran to the fence at the backside of the park. Three meters in front of the fence, Odry cupped his hands together in which Mairesse Lebrun set his foot. Odry catapulted Mairesse Lebrun over the fence where he ran away. The German guards were so stunned that they did nothing initially, when they recovered they started shooting without success. Mairesse Lebrun climbed a wall successfully and was out in the open. Still in his sports clothes he hid in a field and via Switzerland reached Vichy France. In December 1941 he went to Spain where he got arrested. He tried to escape again but unfortunately fractured his spine paralysing his legs. On July 20, 1946, he married Christine Solvay de La Hulpe (b. 1922). Lebrun was created a Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur.
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