The Great Escape 70 years on

Postby vantran » Tue Mar 25, 2014 3:51 am

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the- ... 0-years-on

I still marvel at this whole project, despite its disastrous outcome.

Re: The Great Escape 70 years on

Postby skybird137 » Tue Mar 25, 2014 4:13 am

"Internal security was put into the capable hands of F/L George R Harsh (102 Sqdn, shot down 5/6-Oct-1942, Halifax II W7824) an American (with an extremely chequered personal history) serving with the RCAF."

I read his autobiography "Lonesome Road" and Extremely Chequered is putting it mildly. however, the irony is that because of this, he was the man with the best experience of working within a prison environment.
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Re: The Great Escape 70 years on

Postby vantran » Tue Mar 25, 2014 5:14 am

I'm just wondering if the huts were raised 2 feet above the ground, how did they still manage to dig the tunnels? Did they use huts that were on ground level?

Re: The Great Escape 70 years on

Postby mistofoleese » Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:13 pm

vantran wrote:I'm just wondering if the huts were raised 2 feet above the ground, how did they still manage to dig the tunnels? Did they use huts that were on ground level?


That question has been raised quite a number of times. though I must say Van THANK YOU for remembering these fine men by posting this tread

Hard to believe that in just two short months it will be memorial day again I like everyone else gripe about getting old run down down and worn out but things like this and truly awesome people like you remind me I have NO reason to gripe because so many Fellow soldiers regardless of which nations military they served in NEVER got the chance.
Thanks again for posting this
out here
Mist

Re: The Great Escape 70 years on

Postby vantran » Wed Mar 26, 2014 3:37 am

mistofoleese wrote:
vantran wrote:I'm just wondering if the huts were raised 2 feet above the ground, how did they still manage to dig the tunnels? Did they use huts that were on ground level?


That question has been raised quite a number of times. though I must say Van THANK YOU for remembering these fine men by posting this tread

Hard to believe that in just two short months it will be memorial day again I like everyone else gripe about getting old run down down and worn out but things like this and truly awesome people like you remind me I have NO reason to gripe because so many Fellow soldiers regardless of which nations military they served in NEVER got the chance.
Thanks again for posting this
out here
Mist


your welcome. My guess is they dug from huts not raised up.

Re: The Great Escape 70 years on

Postby skybird137 » Wed Mar 26, 2014 6:20 am

Tom was built from the concrete floor of a kitchen.

Dick from a sump in a wash-room floor.

Harry from under a stove.

My guess would be that these three places would need support from the ground level up.

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Re: The Great Escape 70 years on

Postby vantran » Wed Mar 26, 2014 7:19 am

skybird137 wrote:Tom was built from the concrete floor of a kitchen.

Dick from a sump in a wash-room floor.

Harry from under a stove.

My guess would be that these three places would need support from the ground level up.

http://www.ateal.co.uk/greatescape/


yeah but they said the raised all huts above grove level by bricks to allow the guards to check underneath.