The original "Colditz Cock" was built by British prisoners during WWII in the hope of a planned escape from Colditz castle. The original "Colditz Cock" never saw its maiden flight, as the American Army liberated the camp on the 16th of April 1945. This photo shows a full-sized replica of the glider which was built by Southdown Aviation Ltd at Lasham Airfield to support the Channel 4 documentary on the Colditz Cock which was first screened on 13th August 2012. It was used to sort out problems/solutions during the building of a flying replica in the Colditz attics. Never flown, its sister was launched under radio control on 17th Mar 2012 from the roof of Colditz Castle and crashed in the originally intended landing field next the river Mulde.

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