The Great Escape - Alastair McDonald
One of only two Scots in the Great Escape, Alastair McDonald was an inveterate escaper who took part in nine different escape attempts while a prisoner of war. He escaped alone for the Great Escape bu...
28 Maj 33min
The Great Escape - George Wiley
George Wiley was one of the youngest Great Escapers, just 22 when he escape, having required his father to sign his enlistment papers. Jean-Michel Turcotte, a Canadian POW historian, joined us to tell...
21 Maj 29min
The Great Escape - Brian Evans
Brian Evans had a short but very eventful operational career, but he was to utilise his pre-war surveying skills for the Great Escape, helping to estimate the length required for the tunnel digging. F...
14 Maj 31min
The Great Escape - Albert Hake
Although Albert Hake was an NCO, as a Spitfire pilot the Germans assumed he must be an officer, and so they promoted him to an officers rank when they captured after being shot down. His main contribu...
7 Maj 56min
The Great Escape - Harold Milford
Harold Milford managed to survive a bad crash landing in Northern France, from which his pilot managed to make a ‘Home Run’ back to the UK, while he ended up being taken prisoner and sent to Stalag Lu...
30 Apr 45min
The Great Escape - John Francis 'Jack' Williams
The second John Williams to take part in the Great Escape, Jack, as he was known, was a keen amateur actor who took part in 'amdrams' and musical theatre plays before the war. He joined the Great Esca...
23 Apr 29min
Bonus Episode - W.O. Ralph Corps (Special Guest: Malcolm Gaskill)
Ahead of the paperback release of his book, "The Glass Mountain", we were joined by Malcolm Gaskill for this bonus episode to discuss the escape of his uncle, Ralph Corps, which he covers in his book....
19 Apr 26min
