Yamagata Ken
POW,S---A North American story---a Luftwaffe POW pilot was being transferred West by train across Canada. He jumped off and made his way the short distance to Prescott Ontario where he took a small boat and crossed the St Lawrence to Ogdensburg NY
This was before the US got into the war so he was allowed to go free and made his way back to Germany via S America. I believe he went missing in a 109 over the North Sea later in the war.
In the UK in early 46 I was one of a detachment of AC2,s sent to 3 MU Milton. We lived on an ex US airfield --Grove--near Didcot- there were also German POW,s living there. All of us were taken for work at the MU by truck-- POW,s and AC2,s bouncing around in the back while the leader of the POW,s rode in style with the driver. During the day we mixed with the POW,s and there was no doubt in their minds that man for man the German soldier was superior to ours. Only unfortunate circumstances led to them losing the war.