List of Allied airmen from the Great Escape

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 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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