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The mass breakout by 76 RAF and allied airman from the German POW camp at Stalag Luft 3 in Silesia on the night of the 24th March 1944 through the tunnel ‘Harry’ has become known globally as The Great Escape and is one of the defining events of the Second World War. It is an extraordinary testament to bravery, determination, inventiveness, adaptability, ingenuity and defiance in the face of overwhelming odds.
Despite the appalling reprisals the success of The Great Escape should never be forgotten and the cost to the Nazi war machine and damage to its veneer of invincibility was enormous and in its way helped bring about the eventual allied victory.
The Great Escape-Stalag Luft 3, 24th March 1944
However, despite its worldwide notoriety over 80 years after this event took place there is no official memorial to the Great Escape in the United Kingdom. While some individuals are recognised in their hometowns, at the former air bases from which they flew, or by their families with private memorials, the United Kingdom provided no such recognition to the Great Escapers, their efforts, and the ultimate sacrifice so many of them made.
This epic event should never be forgotten and a permanent memorial in the UK will honour the many hundreds who helped in the preparation of the breakout, the 76 who took part in the escape through the tunnel and amongst them the the 50 who were murdered on Hitlers orders after recapture.
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