In this photo from Stalag Luft III, Peter Bergsland (left) and Jens Müller (right) pose prior to the Great Escape with fellow Norwegian Halldor Espelid, who was caught after the break and executed.

Who were the three who got away in The Great Escape?

In addition, the film depicts the three prisoners who escape to freedom as British, Polish, and Australian; in reality, they were Norwegian (Jens Müller and Per Bergsland) and Dutch (Bram van der Stok).

Who escaped from Stalag Luft 3?

There were three successful escapees: Per Bergsland, Norwegian pilot of No. 332 Squadron RAF, escapee #44. Jens Müller, Norwegian pilot of No. 331 Squadron RAF, escapee #43. Bram van der Stok, Dutch pilot of No. 41 Squadron RAF, escapee #18.

What names were given to the three tunnels in the movie The Great Escape?

Initially three tunnels – known as ‘Tom’, ‘Dick’ and ‘Harry’ – were planned but only Harry was actually completed.
 

Were there any Americans in the Great Escape?

Whilst the movie makes out that it was a small group of mainly American airmen who were part of the breakout, in fact over 600 prisoners were involved in the construction of the tunnels and whilst U.S. airmen did act as lookouts, they were all transferred to another camp months before the escape actually took place.

Are any great escapers still alive?

The last surviving member of the real-life Great Escape team has died. Former squadron leader Dick Churchill was one of 76 airmen whose escape from the Stalag Luft III camp in Nazi Germany in 1944 was immortalised in the Hollywood film starring Steve McQueen.
 

Where is Roger Bushell buried?

the Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery

Bushell is buried at the Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery (Coll. grave 9. A.) in Poznań, Poland.

Who was the only German POW to escape?

Oberleutnant Franz Baron von Werra

Oberleutnant Franz Baron von Werra, known as ‘The One that Got Away’ was the only German prisoner of war during the Second World War who escaped and got back to Germany.

How many escaped in the actual Great Escape?

76

Only 76 of the Planned 200 Prisoners Escaped



The Nazis eventually discovered the tunnel Tom and summoned photographers to chronicle their find before its demolition.

What happened to the real commandant of the Great Escape?

He was repatriated in 1947. He died in 1963 at the age of 82, less than two months before the film The Great Escape was released.

Who was the mole in The Great Escape?

Angus Lennie

The Great Escape (1963) – Angus Lennie as Ives ‘The Mole’ – IMDb.

Were there any Australians in The Great Escape?

The great escape



Seventy-six prisoners got away, but the Gestapo recaptured and murdered fifty, including five Australians. Of the 76 escapees, only three reached Allied lines. The Sagan escape was the largest planned breakout of Allied prisoners in the war.
 

Who did The Great Escape jump?

Through his association with McQueen, Ekins began a career as a film stuntman. Ekins is best known as the actor who jumped the fence on a motorcycle in the 1963 film The Great Escape, and one of the stuntmen who drove the Ford Mustang 390 GT in the car chase scene in the 1968 film Bullitt.