Garros ended up in German captivity in 1915. During a raid on the Courtrai railway station in German-controlled territory, a fuel line in his plane became clogged, forcing him to land. Garros was captured by the Germans and sent to a POW camp at the fortress of Magdeburg, where he spent three years.
Before being captured, Garros managed to set fire to the fuselage, but the plane's cannon and armore ...