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 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.

Murdered

Name Rank Nation Unit Date of death/
Last seen alive		 Cremated
Birkland, Henry J.[1] Flying Officer CAN No. 72 Sqn RAF 30 March 1944[a] Liegnitz (Legnica)
Brettell, E. Gordon[2][3][4] Flight Lieutenant GBR No. 133 Sqn RAF 29 March 1944 Danzig (Gdańsk)
Bull, Leslie G. "Johnny"[5] Flight Lieutenant GBR No. 109 Sqn RAF 29 March 1944 Brüx (Most)
Bushell, Roger J.[6][7] Squadron Leader GBR[b] No. 92 Sqn RAF 29 March 1944 Saarbrücken
Casey, Michael J.[8][9] Flight Lieutenant GBR No. 57 Sqn RAF 31 March 1944 Görlitz
Catanach, James[10][11] Squadron Leader AUS No. 455 Sqn RAAF 29 March 1944 Kiel
Christensen, Arnold G.[12] Pilot Officer NZL No. 26 Sqn RAF 29 March 1944 Kiel
Cochran, Dennis H.[13] Flying Officer GBR No. 10 OTU RAF 31 March 1944 Natzweiler (Natzwiller)
Cross, Ian E. K. P.[14] Squadron Leader GBR No. 103 Sqn RAF 31 March 1944 Görlitz
Espelid, Halldor Lieutenant NOR No. 331 Sqn (Norwegian) RAF 29 March 1944 Kiel
Evans, Brian H.[15] Flight Lieutenant GBR No. 49 Sqn RAF 31 March 1944[a] Liegnitz
Fuglesang, Nils Jørgen[16] Lieutenant NOR No. 332 Sqn (Norwegian) RAF 29 March 1944 Kiel
Gouws, Johannes S. Lieutenant ZAF No. 40 Sqn SAAF 29 March 1944 Munich
Grisman, William J.[17] Flight Lieutenant GBR No. 109 Sqn RAF 6 April 1944 Breslau (Wrocław)
Gunn, Alastair D. M.[18][19] Flight Lieutenant GBR No. 1 PRU RAF 6 April 1944 Breslau
Hake, Albert H.[20] Flight Lieutenant AUS No. 72 Sqn RAF 31 March 1944 Görlitz
Hall, Charles P.[21] Flight Lieutenant GBR No. 1 PRU RAF 31 March 1944[a] Liegnitz
Hayter, Anthony R. H.[22][23] Flight Lieutenant GBR No. 148 Sqn RAF 6 April 1944 Natzweiler
Humphreys, Edgar S.[24][25] Flight Lieutenant GBR No. 107 Sqn RAF 31 March 1944[a] Liegnitz
Kidder, Gordon A.[26] Flying Officer CAN No. 156 Sqn RAF 29 March 1944 Mährisch Ostrau (Moravská Ostrava)
Kierath, Reginald V.[27][28] Flight Lieutenant AUS No. 450 Sqn RAAF 29 March 1944 Brüx
Kiewnarski, Antoni[29] Flight Lieutenant POL No. 305 Sqn (Polish) RAF 31 March 1944 unknown
Kirby-Green, Thomas G.[30][31] Squadron Leader GBR No. 40 Sqn RAF 29 March 1944 Mährisch Ostrau
Kolanowski, Włodzimierz A. Flying Officer POL No. 301 Sqn (Polish) RAF 31 March 1944[a] Liegnitz
Król, Stanisław Z. Flying Officer POL No. 64 Sqn RAF 12 April 1944 Breslau
Langford, Patrick W.[32][33][34] Flight Lieutenant CAN No. 16 OTU RAF 31 March 1944[a] Liegnitz
Leigh, Tom[35][36] Flight Lieutenant AUS No. 76 Sqn RAF 31 March 1944 Görlitz
Long, James L. R.[37][38] Flight Lieutenant GBR No. 9 Sqn RAF 12 April 1944 Breslau
Marcinkus, Romas[39] Flight Lieutenant LTU No. 1 Sqn RAF 29 March 1944 Danzig
McGarr, Clement A. N.[40] Lieutenant ZAF No. 2 Sqn SAAF 6 April 1944 Breslau
McGill, George E.[41] Flight Lieutenant CAN No. 103 Sqn RAF 31 March 1944[a] Liegnitz
Milford, Harold J.[42][43] Flight Lieutenant GBR No. 226 Sqn RAF 6 April 1944 Breslau
Mondschein, Jerzy T.[44] Flying Officer POL No. 304 Sqn (Polish) RAF 29 March 1944 Brüx
Pawluk, Kazimierz[45] Flying Officer POL No. 305 Sqn (Polish) RAF 31 March 1944 unknown
Picard, Henri A.[46][47] Flight Lieutenant BEL No. 350 Sqn (Belgian) RAF 29 March 1944 Danzig
Pohe, John[48][49] Flying Officer NZL No. 51 Sqn RAF 31 March 1944 Görlitz
Scheidhauer, Bernard W. M.[50] Lieutenant FRA No. 131 Sqn RAF 29 March 1944 Saarbrücken
Skanzikas, Sotiris[51] Pilot Officer GRC No. 336 Sqn (Greek) RAF 30 March 1944 unknown
Stevens, Rupert J. Lieutenant ZAF No. 12 Sqn SAAF 29 March 1944 Munich
Stewart, Robert C.[52][53] Flying Officer GBR No. 77 Sqn RAF 31 March 1944[a] Liegnitz
Stower, John Gifford[54][55] Flying Officer ARG No. 142 Sqn RAF 31 March 1944 Liegnitz
Street, Denys O.[56][57] Flying Officer GBR No. 207 Sqn RAF 6 April 1944 Breslau
Swain, Cyril D.[58] Flight Lieutenant GBR No. 105 Sqn RAF 31 March 1944[a] Liegnitz
Tobolski, Paweł Flying Officer POL No. 301 Sqn (Polish) RAF 2 April 1944 Breslau
Valenta, Arnošt[59] Flight Lieutenant CZE No. 311 Sqn (Czechoslovak) RAF 31 March 1944[a] Liegnitz
Walenn, Gilbert W.[60] Flight Lieutenant GBR No. 25 OTU RAF 29 March 1944 Danzig
Wernham, James C.[61][62] Flight Lieutenant CAN No. 405 Sqn RCAF 30 March 1944 unknown
Wiley, George W.[63][64][65] Flight Lieutenant CAN No. 112 Sqn RAF 31 March 1944 Görlitz
Williams, John E. A.[66][67] Squadron Leader AUS No. 450 Sqn RAAF 29 March 1944 Brüx
Williams, John F.[68][69] Flight Lieutenant GBR No. 107 Sqn RAF 6 April 1944 Breslau

Survivors

In boldface, the three escapees who managed to reach freedom.

Name Rank Nation Unit
Armstrong, Albert Flight Lieutenant GBR RAFVR (General Duties Branch)
Bergsland, Per Sergeant NOR No. 332 Squadron RAF
Bethell, Richard A. Flight Lieutenant GBR No. 268 Squadron RAF
Broderick, Leslie C.J. Flight Lieutenant GBR No. 106 Squadron RAF
Cameron, William J. Flight Lieutenant CAN No. 72 Squadron RAF
Churchill, Richard S.A. Flight Lieutenant GBR No. 144 Squadron RAF
Day, Harry M.A. Wing Commander GBR No. 57 Squadron RAF
Dodge, John B. Major GBR The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
Dowse, Sydney H, Flight Lieutenant GBR No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF
Dvořák, Bedřich Flight Lieutenant CZE No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF
Green, Bernard Flight Lieutenant GBR No. 44 Squadron RAF
James, Bertram A. Pilot Officer GBR No. 9 Squadron RAF
Langlois, Roy B. Flight Lieutenant GBR No. 12 Squadron RAF
Marshall, Henry C. Flight Lieutenant GBR No. 3 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF
McDonald, Alistair T. Flight Lieutenant GBR No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF
Müller Jens E. Second Lieutenant NOR No. 331 Squadron RAF
Neely, Alexander D. Lieutenant GBR No. 825 Squadron Fleet Air Arm
Nelson, Thomas R. Flight Lieutenant GBR No. 37 Squadron RAF
Ogilvie, Alfred K. Flight Lieutenant CAN No. 609 Squadron RAF
Plunkett, Desmond L. Flight Lieutenant RSR No. 218 Squadron RAF
Poynter, Douglas A. Lieutenant GBR No. 825 Squadron Fleet Air Arm
Royle, Paul G. Pilot Officer AUS No. 53 Squadron RAF
Shand, Michael M. Flight Lieutenant NZL No. 485 Squadron RNZAF
Thompson, Alfred B. Flight Lieutenant CAN No. 102 Squadron RAF
Tonder, Ivo Flight Lieutenant CZE No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF
Trent, Leonard H. Squadron Leader NZL No. 487 Squadron RNZAF
van der Stok, Bram Flight Lieutenant NED No. 41 Squadron RAF
van Wymeersch, Raymond Flight Lieutenant FRA No. 174 Squadron RAF

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Flying Officers Włodzimierz Kolanowski, Robert Stewart and Henry Birkland and Flight Lieutenants Ernst Valenta, Edgar Humphreys, George McGill, Cyril Swain, Charles Hall, Patrick Langford and Brian Evans. The men had been taken to Breslau for interrogation, and at about 7 p.m. one evening, they were placed in a lorry and taken on the road to Sagan, with a car driven by Schröder in the lead. The night was freezing, and about halfway to Sagan, the vehicles stopped. Walters
  2. ^ Born in South Africa

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