MPN11 (#10979),
There was a similar story (for which I can give no reference), in which a group of RAF prisoners had been handed over to the Gestapo instead of going direct to an Oflag or Stalag.
Realising what now awaited them, the officers of a nearby Luftwaffe unit went down in a body to the local Gestapo HQ and demanded their release - at pistol point ! They were handed over; their rescuers took them back to camp, fed them, and made sure they were handed over to the proper POW authorites.
I do not know what the repercussions might've been: it is likely that the rescuers were confident that Goering (himself a fighter pilot from WWI) would back them up.
Is the story true ? Dunno - I hope so !
Danny.