Oberst Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav von Lindeiner stated it had been in bad taste and was a 'serious provocation' to the German guards, especially at a time when 'thousands of innocent women and children' were being killed by Allied bombing raids. A cartoon titled 'Circuit Bashers' shows men spying on layout beyond camp wire at Stalag Luft IIIĪll the works were produced at the time by Fl Lt Sulston, meaning that had the images been found by German guards they may have learnt of the escape plot.Īlso found in Fl Lt Sulston's scrapbook was a missive from the commandant of Stalag Luft III to a British general scolding him for allowing his men to break camp rules and play the British national anthem after a concert party.
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