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.

Memorial to "The Fifty" Allied airmen murdered after the "Great Escape"

Murdered

The graves of 48 of the 50 officers of the Great Escape at Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery

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. 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^[who?] in the lead. The night was freezing, and about halfway to Sagan, the vehicles stopped. Walters^{[citation needed]}
2. Born in South Africa