RAF Commemoration of the Great Escape

TarJak · 03-25-14, 07:51 PM

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-2...escape/5345988

70th Anniversary of the Great Escape is being commemorated by a 170km march by RAF personnel in Poland from the site of Stalag Luft III to a military cemetry in Poznan.

A very fitting commemoration IMO.

Jimbuna · 03-26-14, 05:22 AM

~SALUTE~

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/t...pe-70-years-on

August · 03-26-14, 05:28 AM

That is pretty cool. Good for them!

Jimbuna · 03-26-14, 06:03 AM

Roger Bushell, the man behind the great escape.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Bushell

TarJak · 03-26-14, 07:43 AM

"Good Luck"

"Thank you"

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 03-26-14, 12:14 PM

76 escaped, 50 where executed by the Gestapo, 17 where returned to Stalag Luft III, 4 where sent to the concentration camp at Sachsenhausen, only three made "Home runs".

For those interested there's a book about a less well know escape also make from Stalag Luft III called The Wooden Horse by Eric Williams. http://www.amazon.com/The-Wooden-Hor...YB29DJTPWP6GDE

Jimbuna · 03-26-14, 12:20 PM

Was a great movie...The Wooden Horse (1950)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043147/

03-25-14, 07:51 PM	#1
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	RAF Commemoration of the Great Escape http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-2...escape/5345988 70th Anniversary of the Great Escape is being commemorated by a 170km march by RAF personnel in Poland from the site of Stalag Luft III to a military cemetry in Poznan. A very fitting commemoration IMO.

03-26-14, 05:22 AM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	~SALUTE~ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/t...pe-70-years-on __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-26-14, 05:28 AM	#3
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That is pretty cool. Good for them! __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

03-26-14, 06:03 AM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Roger Bushell, the man behind the great escape. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Bushell __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-26-14, 12:14 PM	#6
Kptlt. Neuerburg Admiral Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,279 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	76 escaped, 50 where executed by the Gestapo, 17 where returned to Stalag Luft III, 4 where sent to the concentration camp at Sachsenhausen, only three made "Home runs". For those interested there's a book about a less well know escape also make from Stalag Luft III called The Wooden Horse by Eric Williams. http://www.amazon.com/The-Wooden-Hor...YB29DJTPWP6GDE __________________ "When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show. If you're born in America you get a front row seat." - George Carlin

03-26-14, 07:43 AM	#5
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	"Good Luck" "Thank you"

03-26-14, 12:20 PM	#7
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Was a great movie...The Wooden Horse (1950) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043147/ __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!