# 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. | Flying Officer | CAN | No. 72 Sqn RAF | 30 March 1944 | Liegnitz (Legnica) |
| Brettell, E. Gordon | Flight Lieutenant | GBR | No. 133 Sqn RAF | 29 March 1944 | Danzig (Gdańsk) |
| Bull, Leslie G. "Johnny" | Flight Lieutenant | GBR | No. 109 Sqn RAF | 29 March 1944 | Brüx (Most) |
| Bushell, Roger J. | Squadron Leader | GBR | No. 92 Sqn RAF | 29 March 1944 | Saarbrücken |
| Casey, Michael J. | Flight Lieutenant | GBR | No. 57 Sqn RAF | 31 March 1944 | Görlitz |
| Catanach, James | Squadron Leader | AUS | No. 455 Sqn RAAF | 29 March 1944 | Kiel |
| Christensen, Arnold G. | Pilot Officer | NZL | No. 26 Sqn RAF | 29 March 1944 | Kiel |
| Cochran, Dennis H. | Flying Officer | GBR | No. 10 OTU RAF | 31 March 1944 | Natzweiler (Natzwiller) |
| Cross, Ian E. K. P. | 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. | Flight Lieutenant | GBR | No. 49 Sqn RAF | 31 March 1944 | Liegnitz |
| Fuglesang, Nils Jørgen | 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. | Flight Lieutenant | GBR | No. 109 Sqn RAF | 6 April 1944 | Breslau (Wrocław) |
| Gunn, Alastair D. M. | Flight Lieutenant | GBR | No. 1 PRU RAF | 6 April 1944 | Breslau |
| Hake, Albert H. | Flight Lieutenant | AUS | No. 72 Sqn RAF | 31 March 1944 | Görlitz |
| Hall, Charles P. | Flight Lieutenant | GBR | No. 1 PRU RAF | 31 March 1944 | Liegnitz |
| Hayter, Anthony R. H. | Flight Lieutenant | GBR | No. 148 Sqn RAF | 6 April 1944 | Natzweiler |
| Humphreys, Edgar S. | Flight Lieutenant | GBR | No. 107 Sqn RAF | 31 March 1944 | Liegnitz |
| Kidder, Gordon A. | Flying Officer | CAN | No. 156 Sqn RAF | 29 March 1944 | Mährisch Ostrau (Moravská Ostrava) |
| Kierath, Reginald V. | Flight Lieutenant | AUS | No. 450 Sqn RAAF | 29 March 1944 | Brüx |
| Kiewnarski, Antoni | Flight Lieutenant | POL | No. 305 Sqn (Polish) RAF | 31 March 1944 | unknown |
| Kirby-Green, Thomas G. | 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 | Liegnitz |
| Król, Stanisław Z. | Flying Officer | POL | No. 64 Sqn RAF | 12 April 1944 | Breslau |
| Langford, Patrick W. | Flight Lieutenant | CAN | No. 16 OTU RAF | 31 March 1944 | Liegnitz |
| Leigh, Tom | Flight Lieutenant | AUS | No. 76 Sqn RAF | 31 March 1944 | Görlitz |
| Long, James L. R. | Flight Lieutenant | GBR | No. 9 Sqn RAF | 12 April 1944 | Breslau |
| Marcinkus, Romas | Flight Lieutenant | LTU | No. 1 Sqn RAF | 29 March 1944 | Danzig |
| McGarr, Clement A. N. | Lieutenant | ZAF | No. 2 Sqn SAAF | 6 April 1944 | Breslau |
| McGill, George E. | Flight Lieutenant | CAN | No. 103 Sqn RAF | 31 March 1944 | Liegnitz |
| Milford, Harold J. | Flight Lieutenant | GBR | No. 226 Sqn RAF | 6 April 1944 | Breslau |
| Mondschein, Jerzy T. | Flying Officer | POL | No. 304 Sqn (Polish) RAF | 29 March 1944 | Brüx |
| Pawluk, Kazimierz | Flying Officer | POL | No. 305 Sqn (Polish) RAF | 31 March 1944 | unknown |
| Picard, Henri A. | Flight Lieutenant | BEL | No. 350 Sqn (Belgian) RAF | 29 March 1944 | Danzig |
| Pohe, John | Flying Officer | NZL | No. 51 Sqn RAF | 31 March 1944 | Görlitz |
| Scheidhauer, Bernard W. M. | Lieutenant | FRA | No. 131 Sqn RAF | 29 March 1944 | Saarbrücken |
| Skanzikas, Sotiris | 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. | Flying Officer | GBR | No. 77 Sqn RAF | 31 March 1944 | Liegnitz |
| Stower, John Gifford | Flying Officer | ARG | No. 142 Sqn RAF | 31 March 1944 | Liegnitz |
| Street, Denys O. | Flying Officer | GBR | No. 207 Sqn RAF | 6 April 1944 | Breslau |
| Swain, Cyril D. | Flight Lieutenant | GBR | No. 105 Sqn RAF | 31 March 1944 | Liegnitz |
| Tobolski, Paweł | Flying Officer | POL | No. 301 Sqn (Polish) RAF | 2 April 1944 | Breslau |
| Valenta, Arnošt | Flight Lieutenant | CZE | No. 311 Sqn (Czechoslovak) RAF | 31 March 1944 | Liegnitz |
| Walenn, Gilbert W. | Flight Lieutenant | GBR | No. 25 OTU RAF | 29 March 1944 | Danzig |
| Wernham, James C. | Flight Lieutenant | CAN | No. 405 Sqn RCAF | 30 March 1944 | unknown |
| Wiley, George W. | Flight Lieutenant | CAN | No. 112 Sqn RAF | 31 March 1944 | Görlitz |
| Williams, John E. A. | Squadron Leader | AUS | No. 450 Sqn RAAF | 29 March 1944 | Brüx |
| Williams, John F. | 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 |