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The Great Escape by Richard Taylor.
Everyone here in this room is living on borrowed time. By rights we should all be dead! The only reason that God allowed us this extra ration of life is so we can make life hell from the Hun.. ... three bloody deep, bloody long tunnels will be dug - Tom, Dick and Harry. On will succeed! With those words the chief escape officer in Stalag Luft III, Squadron Leader Roger Bushell RAF, announced his plan for perhaps the most daring escape attempt of the war - the mass break-out of 200 men through the digging of three long tunnels - nicknamed Tom, Dick and Harry - an audacious feat of tunneling that would be long and dangerous. Tom was discovered by the Germans and destroyed. Dick was abandoned. The escape would fall on Harry, and just after 22.00hrs on the night of 24th / 25th March 1944, the first escapee broke through to the surface - only to find it well short of the surrounding trees. The escapees would have to crawl to the cover of the trees under the noses of the patr.........
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| | Item Code : DHM1904 | The Great Escape by Richard Taylor. - Editions Available | |
| | DESCRIPTION | SIZE | SIGNATURES | OFFERS | PRICE | PURCHASING | PACKS | | Limited edition of 200 prints | Paper size 22 inches x 17 inches (56cm x 43cm) |
Ash, William | | Flight Lieutenant William Tex Ash |
| Volunteer American pilot Bill Ash joined the RCAF and flew Spitfires with 411 Squadron gaining 3 confirmed victories. Shot down in 1942 he became a POW and was sent to Stalag Luft III where he took part in 'The Great Escape', and later was involved in more than a dozen escape attempts from POW camps in Poland, Germany and Lithuania. A constant trouble maker to his captors, Bill Ash became a real life 'Cooler King' after many hours spent in solitary captivity. |
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+ Artist : Richard Taylor | | £75.00 | | | | Escapers edition of 76 prints | Paper size 22 inches x 17 inches (56cm x 43cm) |
Ash, William | | Flight Lieutenant William Tex Ash |
| Volunteer American pilot Bill Ash joined the RCAF and flew Spitfires with 411 Squadron gaining 3 confirmed victories. Shot down in 1942 he became a POW and was sent to Stalag Luft III where he took part in 'The Great Escape', and later was involved in more than a dozen escape attempts from POW camps in Poland, Germany and Lithuania. A constant trouble maker to his captors, Bill Ash became a real life 'Cooler King' after many hours spent in solitary captivity. |
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Churchill, Dick | | Squadron Leader Dick Churchill |
| 'Penguin' and No.63 out of the tunnel, later recaptured. |
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Lyon, Jack | | Flight Lieutenant Jack Lyon |
| Jack Lyon was a 'Stooge' and was waiting as No.88 in the queue ready to escape. |
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Rees, Ken | | Ken Rees was one of the team of tunnel diggers. He was one of the POWs who were caught inside 'Harry' after the escape was discovered. |
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Wade, Ron | | 'Penguin' and 'Stooge' for the digiing of 'The Great Escape' tunnels, but was moved from Stalag Luft III before they were used. At the end of the war he went on the infamous Death Marches. |
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+ Artist : Richard Taylor | | SOLD
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AVAILABLE | | | Limited edition of 10 remarques | Paper size 22 inches x 17 inches (56cm x 43cm) |
Ash, William | | Flight Lieutenant William Tex Ash |
| Volunteer American pilot Bill Ash joined the RCAF and flew Spitfires with 411 Squadron gaining 3 confirmed victories. Shot down in 1942 he became a POW and was sent to Stalag Luft III where he took part in 'The Great Escape', and later was involved in more than a dozen escape attempts from POW camps in Poland, Germany and Lithuania. A constant trouble maker to his captors, Bill Ash became a real life 'Cooler King' after many hours spent in solitary captivity. |
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Churchill, Dick | | Squadron Leader Dick Churchill |
| 'Penguin' and No.63 out of the tunnel, later recaptured. |
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Lyon, Jack | | Flight Lieutenant Jack Lyon |
| Jack Lyon was a 'Stooge' and was waiting as No.88 in the queue ready to escape. |
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Rees, Ken | | Ken Rees was one of the team of tunnel diggers. He was one of the POWs who were caught inside 'Harry' after the escape was discovered. |
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Wade, Ron | | 'Penguin' and 'Stooge' for the digiing of 'The Great Escape' tunnels, but was moved from Stalag Luft III before they were used. At the end of the war he went on the infamous Death Marches. |
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+ Artist : Richard Taylor | | SOLD
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AVAILABLE | | | Tribute proof edition of 25 prints | Paper size 22 inches x 17 inches (56cm x 43cm) |
Ash, William | | Flight Lieutenant William Tex Ash |
| Volunteer American pilot Bill Ash joined the RCAF and flew Spitfires with 411 Squadron gaining 3 confirmed victories. Shot down in 1942 he became a POW and was sent to Stalag Luft III where he took part in 'The Great Escape', and later was involved in more than a dozen escape attempts from POW camps in Poland, Germany and Lithuania. A constant trouble maker to his captors, Bill Ash became a real life 'Cooler King' after many hours spent in solitary captivity. |
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Churchill, Dick | | Squadron Leader Dick Churchill |
| 'Penguin' and No.63 out of the tunnel, later recaptured. |
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Lyon, Jack | | Flight Lieutenant Jack Lyon |
| Jack Lyon was a 'Stooge' and was waiting as No.88 in the queue ready to escape. |
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Rees, Ken | | Ken Rees was one of the team of tunnel diggers. He was one of the POWs who were caught inside 'Harry' after the escape was discovered. |
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Wade, Ron | | 'Penguin' and 'Stooge' for the digiing of 'The Great Escape' tunnels, but was moved from Stalag Luft III before they were used. At the end of the war he went on the infamous Death Marches. |
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Barthropp, Paddy (matted) | | Wing Commander Paddy Barthropp DFC AFC (deceased) |
| At the outbreak of war Paddy flew obsolete Hinds, Hectors and Lysanders in combat, but converted to Spitfires and joined 602 Squadron at Tangmere. During the Battle of Britain he flew with some of the great aces - Douglas Bader, Sailor Malan, and Bob Stanford Tuck. In 1941 he was a Flight Commander with 610 Squadron. Continuing to fly Spitfires, now with 122 Squadron based at Hornchurch, he flew fighter sweeps and escort missions. On 17th May 1942 he was shot down over St Omer. He baled out |
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James, B A Jimmy (matted) | | Squadron Leader B A Jimmy James MC (deceased) |
| Squadron Leader B. A. Jimmy James, MC, survivor of the Great Escape from Stalag Luft III. Bertram Arthur James was born in India on April 17th, 1915 where his father was a tea-planter. He was educated at Kings School, Canterbury, and worked in British Columbia from 1934 until volunteering for flying training with the RAF in 1939. He was commissioned and posted to 9 Sqn flying Wellingtons from Honington in Suffolk. In June 1940 his aircraft was badly hit by flak over Holland while on a bombin |
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Trent, Leonard (matted) | | Group Captain Leonard Trent VC DFC ADC |
| Leonard Trent was in the war from the start, and at a time when aircrew losses were appalling. In May 1943, before Trent took off for the Amsterdam power station raid, he said - Im going over the target whatever happens - Of the twelve Ventura aircraft that set out against murderous fighter attacks and heavy flak, only Trent made it to the target - he was as good as his word. Trent was shot down on the return home, but his VC ranks amongst the most courageous of all. |
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