List of Allied airmen from the Great Escape
Appearance
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.
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Camp | Rank | Name | Unit | Method | Date | Notes |
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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
- ^ Motor Sport, July 1944, Page 142: Obituary.