The " Great Escape" was a World War II mass escape from the German prisoner-of-war camp Stalag Luft III. It resulted in the murder of 50 recaptured escapees.
It was the basis of The Great Escape, a book by Paul Brickhill describing the escape and The Great Escape, a film based on the book.
Name | Rank | Nation | Unit | Date of death/ Last seen alive |
Cremated |
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Birkland, Henry J. [1] | Flying Officer |
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No. 72 Sqn RAF | 30 March 1944 [a] | Liegnitz ( Legnica) |
Brettell, E. Gordon [2] [3] [4] | Flight Lieutenant |
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No. 133 Sqn RAF | 29 March 1944 | Danzig ( Gdańsk) |
Bull, Leslie G. "Johnny" [5] | Squadron Leader |
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No. 109 Sqn RAF | 29 March 1944 | Brüx ( Most) |
Bushell, Roger J. [6] [7] | Squadron Leader |
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No. 92 Sqn RAF | 29 March 1944 | Saarbrücken |
Casey, Michael J. [8] [9] | Flight Lieutenant |
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No. 57 Sqn RAF | 31 March 1944 | Görlitz |
Catanach, James [10] [11] | Squadron Leader |
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No. 455 Sqn RAAF | 29 March 1944 | Kiel |
Christensen, Arnold G. [12] | Pilot Officer |
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No. 26 Sqn RAF | 29 March 1944 | Kiel |
Cochran, Dennis H. [13] | Flying Officer |
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No. 10 OTU RAF | 31 March 1944 | Natzweiler ( Natzwiller) |
Cross, Ian E. K. P. [14] | Squadron Leader |
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No. 103 Sqn RAF | 31 March 1944 | Görlitz |
Espelid, Halldor | Lieutenant |
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No. 331 Sqn (Norwegian) RAF | 29 March 1944 | Kiel |
Evans, Brian H. [15] | Flight Lieutenant |
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No. 49 Sqn RAF | 31 March 1944 [a] | Liegnitz |
Fuglesang, Nils Jørgen [16] | Lieutenant |
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No. 332 Sqn (Norwegian) RAF | 29 March 1944 | Kiel |
Gouws, Johannes S. | Lieutenant |
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No. 40 Sqn SAAF | 29 March 1944 | Munich |
Grisman, William J. [17] | Flight Lieutenant |
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No. 109 Sqn RAF | 6 April 1944 | Breslau ( Wrocław) |
Gunn, Alastair D. M. [18] [19] | Flight Lieutenant |
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No. 1 PRU RAF | 6 April 1944 | Breslau |
Hake, Albert H. [20] | Flight Lieutenant |
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No. 72 Sqn RAF | 31 March 1944 | Görlitz |
Hall, Charles P. [21] | Flight Lieutenant |
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No. 1 PRU RAF | 31 March 1944 [a] | Liegnitz |
Hayter, Anthony R. H. [22] [23] | Flight Lieutenant |
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No. 148 Sqn RAF | 6 April 1944 | Natzweiler |
Humphreys, Edgar S. [24] [25] | Flight Lieutenant |
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No. 107 Sqn RAF | 31 March 1944 [a] | Liegnitz |
Kidder, Gordon A. [26] | Flying Officer |
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No. 156 Sqn RAF | 29 March 1944 | Mährisch Ostrau ( Moravská Ostrava) |
Kierath, Reginald V. [27] [28] | Flight Lieutenant |
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No. 450 Sqn RAAF | 29 March 1944 | Brüx |
Kiewnarski, Antoni [29] | Flight Lieutenant |
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No. 305 Sqn (Polish) RAF | 31 March 1944 | unknown |
Kirby-Green, Thomas G. [30] [31] | Squadron Leader |
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No. 40 Sqn RAF | 29 March 1944 | Mährisch Ostrau |
Kolanowski, Włodzimierz A. | Flying Officer |
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No. 301 Sqn (Polish) RAF | 31 March 1944 [a] | Liegnitz |
Król, Stanisław Z. | Flying Officer |
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No. 64 Sqn RAF | 12 April 1944 | Breslau |
Langford, Patrick W. [32] [33] [34] | Flight Lieutenant |
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No. 16 OTU RAF | 31 March 1944 [a] | Liegnitz |
Leigh, Tom [35] [36] | Flight Lieutenant |
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No. 76 Sqn RAF | 31 March 1944 | Görlitz |
Long, James L. R. [37] [38] | Flight Lieutenant |
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No. 9 Sqn RAF | 12 April 1944 | Breslau |
Marcinkus, Romas [39] | Flight Lieutenant |
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No. 1 Sqn RAF | 29 March 1944 | Danzig |
McGarr, Clement A. N. [40] | Lieutenant |
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No. 2 Sqn SAAF | 6 April 1944 | Breslau |
McGill, George E. [41] | Flight Lieutenant |
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No. 103 Sqn RAF | 31 March 1944 [a] | Liegnitz |
Milford, Harold J. [42] [43] | Flight Lieutenant |
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No. 226 Sqn RAF | 6 April 1944 | Breslau |
Mondschein, Jerzy T. [44] | Flying Officer |
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No. 304 Sqn (Polish) RAF | 29 March 1944 | Brüx |
Pawluk, Kazimierz [45] | Flying Officer |
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No. 305 Sqn (Polish) RAF | 31 March 1944 | unknown |
Picard, Henri A. [46] [47] | Flight Lieutenant |
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No. 350 Sqn (Belgian) RAF | 29 March 1944 | Danzig |
Pohe, John [48] [49] | Flying Officer |
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No. 51 Sqn RAF | 31 March 1944 | Görlitz |
Scheidhauer, Bernard W. M. [50] | Lieutenant |
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No. 131 Sqn RAF | 29 March 1944 | Saarbrücken |
Skanzikas, Sotiris [51] | Pilot Officer |
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No. 336 Sqn (Greek) RAF | 30 March 1944 | unknown |
Stevens, Rupert J. | Lieutenant |
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No. 12 Sqn SAAF | 29 March 1944 | Munich |
Stewart, Robert C. [52] [53] | Flying Officer |
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No. 77 Sqn RAF | 31 March 1944 [a] | Liegnitz |
Stower, John Gifford [54] [55] | Flying Officer |
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No. 142 Sqn RAF | 31 March 1944 | Liegnitz |
Street, Denys O. [56] [57] | Flying Officer |
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No. 207 Sqn RAF | 6 April 1944 | Breslau |
Swain, Cyril D. [58] | Flight Lieutenant |
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No. 105 Sqn RAF | 31 March 1944 [a] | Liegnitz |
Tobolski, Paweł | Flying Officer |
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No. 301 Sqn (Polish) RAF | 2 April 1944 | Breslau |
Valenta, Arnošt [59] | Flight Lieutenant |
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No. 311 Sqn (Czechoslovak) RAF | 31 March 1944 [a] | Liegnitz |
Walenn, Gilbert W. [60] | Flight Lieutenant |
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No. 25 OTU RAF | 29 March 1944 | Danzig |
Wernham, James C. [61] [62] | Flight Lieutenant |
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No. 405 Sqn RCAF | 30 March 1944 | unknown |
Wiley, George W. [63] [64] [65] | Flight Lieutenant |
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No. 112 Sqn RAF | 31 March 1944 | Görlitz |
Williams, John E. A. [66] [67] | Squadron Leader |
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No. 450 Sqn RAAF | 29 March 1944 | Brüx |
Williams, John F. [68] [69] | Flight Lieutenant |
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No. 107 Sqn RAF | 6 April 1944 | Breslau |
In boldface, the three escapees who managed to reach freedom.