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The Fifty: The Fallen Heroes of the Great Escape

The Fifty: The Fallen Heroes of the Great Escape

Darlow, Steve
Feast, Sean

Hardcover

Military BiographiesAir Combat

Publisher Price: $34.95

PREORDER - Expected ship date October 15, 2026

ISBN10: 1838068783
ISBN13: 9781838068783
Publisher: Fighting High
Published: Oct 15 2026
Pages: 240
Language: English
This work profiles fallen prisoners of war from a famed escape, detailing their backgrounds, fates, and the memory of their families.

The Great Escape has gone down in history as a story of bravery and cunning that ultimately led to the killing of fifty prisoners of war, all officially recorded as 'beim Fluchtversuch erschossen' - shot whilst attempting to escape.
While the names of surviving escapers may be familiar, having lived to tell their stories, most of the murdered fifty are less well known, and many receive no more than a footnote in the stories, films and documentaries created thus far. So, who were these men? Where did they come from? How much fighting had they done? And how did they come to be prisoners of war?
In The Fifty - The Fallen Heroes of the Great Escape, authors Steve Darlow and Sean Feast present the stories of the killed escapers. They look at their early lives, operational careers, and how they came to be in Stalag Luft 3. They touch upon the very human side of the escape and its aftermath, how the families came to be told, and their practical struggles even thirty years after the event to conclude their loved ones' affairs in obtaining proof of how, where, and when they died. Crucially, the authors look at the way in which the lives of the murdered men are commemorated, and how their families wished them to be remembered.
Brought together in a single volume, The Fifty presents a series of profiles of the fallen heroes - an homage for those whose bid for freedom ended in the most tragic circumstances.

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