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The "Great Escape" was a World War II mass escape from the German prisoner-of-war camp Stalag Luft III.

It was the basis of The Great Escape (book), a book by Paul Brickhill describing the escape and The Great Escape (film), a film based on the book.

Memorial to "The Fifty" Allied airmen executed after the "Great Escape"
Camp Rank Name Unit Method Date Notes
Stalag Luft III Sergeant Per Bergsland RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Home run via Stettin
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant R.A.Bethell RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant E.Gordon Brettell RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo [1]
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant Leslie C.J. Brodrick RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant Lester J. ‘Johnny’ Bull RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Squadron Leader Roger Bushell RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant Mike J. Casey RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant R.S.A. ‘Dick’ Churchill RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape
Stalag Luft III Flying Officer Dennis H. Cochran RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Squadron Leader Ian K.P. Cross RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Wing Commander Harry M.A. ‘Wings’ Day RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape
Stalag Luft III Major Johnnie Dodge British Army Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant Sydney H. Dowse RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant Bedrich ‘Freddie’ Dvorak RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant Brian H. Evans RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant Bernard ‘Pop’ Green RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant William Grisman RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant Alistair D.M. Gunn RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant Charles P.Hall RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant Anthony R.H.Hayter RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant Edgar S.Humphreys RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Pilot Officer B.A. ‘Jimmy’ James RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant Antoni Liewarski RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Squadron Leader Thomas G.Kirby-Green RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant Roy B.Langlois RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant Thomas B. Leigh RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant James L.R. ‘Cookie’ Long RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant Romas ‘René’ Marcinkus RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant H.C. ‘Johnny’ Marshall RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant Alistair T. McDonald RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape
Stalag Luft III Flying Officer Henry J. ‘Hank’ Birkland RCAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant Patrick W.Langford RCAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant Bill Cameron RCAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape
Stalag Luft III Flying Officer Gordon A.Kidder RCAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flying Officer A. Wlodzimierz Kolanowski RCAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flying Officer Stanislaw Z. ‘Danny’ Krol RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant Reginald V. ‘Rusty’ Kierath RAAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Squadron Leader James Catanach RAAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant Albert H. Hake RAAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant Arnold G. Christensen RNZAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Pilot Office S. ‘Nick Skanziklas RHAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Lieutenant Rupert J. Stevens SAAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant Alfred B. Thompson RCAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape
Stalag Luft III Squadron Leader Len Trent RNZAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant James C. Wernham RCAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant George W. Wiley RCAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Squadron Leader John E.A. Williams RAAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Sergeant Haldor Espelid RNAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Lieutenant Nils Fugelsang RNAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Lieutenant Johannes S. Gouws SAAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Lieutenant Clement A.N. McGarr SAAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant George E. McGill RCAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant Harold J. Milford RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flying Officer Jerzyy T. Mondschein RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Second Lieutenant Jens E. Müller RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Home run via Stettin
Stalag Luft III Lieutenant Alastair D. Neely Royal Navy Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant T.R. Nelson RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant A. Keith Ogilvie RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape
Stalag Luft III Flying Officer Kazimierz Pawluk RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant Henri A. Picard RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant Des L. Plunkett RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape
Stalag Luft III Flying Officer Porokoru Patapu ‘Johnny’ Pohe RNZAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Lieutenant Douglas A. Poynter Royal Navy Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape
Stalag Luft III Pilot Officer Paul G. Royle RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape
Stalag Luft III Lieutenant Bernard W.M. Scheidhauer FFAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant Michael M. Shand RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape
Stalag Luft III Flying Officer Robert C. Stewart RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flying Officer John G. Stower RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flying Officer Denys O. Street RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flying Officer Pawel 'Peter' Tobolski RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant Ivo P. Tonder RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant Arnost 'Wally’ Valenta RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant Robert van der Stok RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Home run to Utrecht.
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant Raymond L.N. van Wymeersh RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant Gilbert W. ‘Tim’ Walenn RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo
Stalag Luft III Flight Lieutenant John F. Williams RAF Tunnel 24 March 1944 Great Escape. Executed by Gestapo

Footnotes

  1. ^ Motor Sport, July 1944, Page 142: Obituary.
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