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It turns out that there are still a handful of ex-POWs alive whose story provided the basis for “The Great Escape” movie (1963). But one of them who survived, Jack Harrison, recently passed away. Here's a little about his part in the break:
On the night of 24 March 1944, about 200 prisoners prepared to escape through a tunnel codenamed Harry.Mr Harrison, who was number 98 on the escape list, was in hut 104 waiting to go down the tunnel when the escape was noticed.He quickly burned his forged documentation in the stove and changed his clothing from a Siemens engineer back to a POW.A total of 76 prisoners escaped from the camp but only three reached safety.
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