Edgar Spottiswoode Humphreys (5 December 1914 – 31 March 1944), known as Hunk, was a British Bristol Blenheim bomber pilot who was taken prisoner during the Second World War.

The squadron primarily flew precision daylight or nighttime bombing raids on German targets in the occupied countries, airfields, harbours and troop installations.

On the evening of 15 – 16 November 1940 he was fortunate to survive when his Bristol Blenheim Mark IV (serial number "R3737") crashed as he attempted an emergency landing near Stowmarket during a mission to bomb German airbases in Europe.

[3] On the evening of 19 December 1940 Humphreys took off from RAF Wattisham on a night attack against a German Luftwaffe airfield at Lannion in Brittany, he was flying Bristol Blenheim Mark IV (serial number "T1860), his crew were Sergeants G R Griggs and L F Brand[4] The aircraft was lost, possibly due to Naval light anti-aircraft fire, on this mission and its crew taken prisoner of war.

Humphreys, Jack Grisman, Leslie George Bull and several other prisoners were part of the group with Bushell who were sent to Stalag Luft III in the province of Lower Silesia near the town of Sagan (now Żagań in Poland).

Hunk Humphreys and Paul Royle headed off southwards when the group split and struggled through the thick snow and biting cold.

They dodged four civilians but near the village of Tiefenfurt were arrested by a party of German Home Guard within 24 hours just sixteen miles to the south of the camp at about 0300 on the morning of 26 March 1944,[9] they were locked up in the local prison.

[10] More and more recaptured airmen arrived at Sagan civil jail until they were moved by truck,[11] to be held at Görlitz prison where eventually the total reached thirty-five.