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