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=== POW camp internment and escape === Garros was almost three years in captivity in various [[German prisoner-of-war camps in World War I|German POW camps]], including in [[Kostrzyn nad Odrą]] and [[Mainz]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Orłow|first=Aleksander|editor-last1=Mykietów|editor-first1=Bogusław|editor-last2=Bryll|editor-first2=Wolfgang Damian|editor-last3=Tureczek|editor-first3=Marceli|year=2011|title=Forty. Jeńcy. Monety. Pasjonaci o Twierdzy Kostrzyn|language=pl|location=Zielona Góra|publisher=Księgarnia Akademicka|pages=23−24|chapter=Oficerski obóz jeniecki twierdzy Kostrzyn nad Odrą 1914−1918}}</ref> He managed to escape on 14 February 1918 together with fellow aviator lieutenant Anselme Marchal. They made it to London via the Netherlands and from there he returned to France where he rejoined the French army.<ref>{{cite news |title=Garros To Train Anew in the Art of Air Warfare. French Airman, Back From Germany, Finds He Must Learn How All Over Again |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1918/03/09/archives/garros-to-train-anew-in-the-art-of-air-warfare-french-airman-back.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=9 March 1918 |archive-date=18 June 2018 |access-date=25 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618231833/https://www.nytimes.com/1918/03/09/archives/garros-to-train-anew-in-the-art-of-air-warfare-french-airman-back.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Evan Gershkovich |title=Who was Roland Garros? The fighter pilot behind the French Open |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/10/briefing/roland-garros-facts-french-open.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=10 June 2017 |access-date=8 May 2019 |archive-date=9 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109195141/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/10/briefing/roland-garros-facts-french-open.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He returned to Escadrille 26 to pilot a [[SPAD S.XIII]], and claimed two victories on 2 October 1918, one of which was confirmed.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
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