The Colditz Cock was a glider built by British prisoners of war during World War II for an escape attempt from Oflag IV-C (Colditz Castle) prison camp in Germany.

On a snowy day in December, 1943, while he looked out over the German town of Colditz, POW Bill Goldfinch noticed snowflakes outside his window drifting upward. Perhaps it would be possible, he...

The Colditz Cock: The POW Glider Escape Plan Inside Nazi Germany’s “escape-proof” Colditz Castle, Allied prisoners secretly built a full-size glider in the attic—hoping to soar to freedom....

Oct 11, 2022 · Perhaps the most elaborate was the construction of the Colditz Cock, a glider built by prisoners in the camp’s chapel. Oflag IV-C operated out of Colditz Castle throughout the course of …

A full size replica of the glider was built by a german aircraft engineer Herr Stelzer in buildings adjacent to the Flugwelt museum next to Leipzig-Altenburg airport.

Sep 1, 2025 · A 1945 photograph of the glider prisoners-of- war at Colditz Castle built but never used during the Second World War (1939-45). Taken from P.R.Reid "Colditz: The Final Story".

In the final years of World War II, a group of British prisoners of war inside Colditz Castle—Germany’s supposedly escape-proof Oflag IV-C camp—began secretly building a glider.

The Colditz Cock was a glider built by British prisoners of war during World War II for an escape attempt from Oflag IV-C (Colditz Castle) prison camp in Germany.

The Colditz Glider: The most bizarre escape attempt In the final year of the war, British prisoners constructed a glider in the attic above the chapel. Nicknamed the “Colditz Cock,” the glider measured …

The Colditz Cock was a glider built by British prisoners of war during World War II for an escape attempt from Oflag IV-C (Colditz Castle) prison camp in Germany.