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Post by rotweiss79 on Mar 24, 2024 18:27:16 GMT
24 March 2024 marks the 80th anniversary of "The Great Escape" when 76 RAF prisoners of war escaped from Stalag Luft 3. Only three got home safely and 50 were murdered by the Nazis.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Mar 24, 2024 18:29:57 GMT
24 March 2024 marks the 80th anniversary of "The Great Escape" when 76 RAF prisoners of war escaped from Stalag Luft 3. Only three got home safely and 50 were murdered by the Nazis. Excuse my ignorance but what happened to the other 23? |
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Post by rotweiss79 on Mar 24, 2024 18:31:29 GMT
24 March 2024 marks the 80th anniversary of "The Great Escape" when 76 RAF prisoners of war escaped from Stalag Luft 3. Only three got home safely and 50 were murdered by the Nazis. Excuse my ignorance but what happened to the other 23? |
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Post by rotweiss79 on Mar 24, 2024 18:33:05 GMT
The other survivors were all returned to the original or other camps. Told in "The Great Escape" byPaul Brickhill
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Mar 24, 2024 18:36:49 GMT
The other survivors were all returned to the original or other camps. Told in "The Great Escape" byPaul Brickhill Cheers I honestly had no idea |
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Post by Seymour Beaver on Mar 24, 2024 18:38:06 GMT
Fun fact: Peter Butterworth of 'Carry On' fame was one of the principal architects of 'The Great Escape' and the Wooden Horse whilst himself a POW
He also wrote sketches and plays that fellow POW's put on as entertainment.
He never spoke about it after the war and it was only recently whilst researching his father that his son found out about his role.
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Post by milton58 on Mar 24, 2024 18:46:33 GMT
Someone bubbled them
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Post by Seymour Beaver on Mar 24, 2024 18:53:43 GMT
Fun fact: Peter Butterworth of 'Carry On' fame was one of the principal architects of 'The Great Escape' and the Wooden Horse whilst himself a POW He also wrote sketches and plays that fellow POW's put on as entertainment. He never spoke about it after the war and it was only recently whilst researching his father that his son found out about his role. Yep renember reading that years ago. The idea for Carry On came from an idea a few of a troupe had in a POW camp That'll be a pound BBC News - Carry On films: The star who helped World War II prisoners escape www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68209738"in Stalag Luft 3, he (Butterworth) was an officer and code writer in MI9, the military intelligence agency responsible for organising escapes from prison camps. It was a mystery to even his own son until long after his death in 1979". Mind you - I'm sure he told you about it in that bar in Singapore where you seem to have met just about every other f*cker!!!!😉 |
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Mar 24, 2024 19:10:20 GMT
Yep renember reading that years ago. The idea for Carry On came from an idea a few of a troupe had in a POW camp That'll be a pound BBC News - Carry On films: The star who helped World War II prisoners escape www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68209738"in Stalag Luft 3, he (Butterworth) was an officer and code writer in MI9, the military intelligence agency responsible for organising escapes from prison camps. It was a mystery to even his own son until long after his death in 1979". Mind you - I'm sure he told you about it in that bar in Singapore where you seem to have met just about every other f*cker!!!!😉 No never happened but loveable effort If only I paid as much attention to you |
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Post by Seymour Beaver on Mar 24, 2024 19:19:12 GMT
BBC News - Carry On films: The star who helped World War II prisoners escape www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68209738"in Stalag Luft 3, he (Butterworth) was an officer and code writer in MI9, the military intelligence agency responsible for organising escapes from prison camps. It was a mystery to even his own son until long after his death in 1979". Mind you - I'm sure he told you about it in that bar in Singapore where you seem to have met just about every other f*cker!!!!😉 No never happened but loveable effort If only I paid as much attention to you If only you were as observant you mean. But then again I perhaps don't crave attention quite so much - so you're excused. Night Night. |
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