Sgt. C Rofe
Sgt Cyril Rofe tried to escape from pretty every one of the fifteen POW camps in which he was held, and succeeded more than once without getting home. However, when he did eventually escape, he was to...
12 Jan 202439min
Lt. HE Stewart
A member of the Intelligence Corp, there is remarkably little information available on Lt. HE Stewart, despite receiving an Military Cross. In fact, this escape appears to be the only publicly availab...
5 Jan 202429min
Sub-Lt. BM Vlielander-Hein
There is much more to this escape than meets the eye as Vlielander-Hein made his way in and out of Norway in under 24 hours... One of the most perplexing escapes we have yet covered!For You The War Is...
29 Des 202337min
Lt. ILM McGeoch
An absolutely epic escaper who was in hospital at the time of the Italian Armistice, and used the confusion it created to make his way to Switzerland.For You The War Is Over is a podcast, hosted by Da...
22 Des 202331min
Guardsman JE Jones
A repeated escaper, who even managed to get married in occupied Europe while escaping, Jones eventually managed to get away from a working camp. Making rapid progress, he made his way onto a Swedish s...
15 Des 202339min
Fl/Lt H Burton
One of the very earliest to escape from a prisoner-of-war camp - he has a possible claim to be the very first - he escaped from Stalag Luft I at Barth and, making his way to neutral Sweden, he would g...
8 Des 202344min
Pte. E Phythian
Private Ellis Phythian escaped from a working camp attached to Posen, making his way through Germany by jumping a freight train to France where he met an escape line who helped him onwards down to Gib...
1 Des 202327min
Third Mate AH Bird
A merchant sailor, Bird is captured in the Pacific Ocean but imprisoned in Marlag und Milag Nord, the POW camp in Germany for sailors. Escaping to a nearby dockyards, Bird spends more time in the pub ...
24 Nov 202332min
