# Last Survivor of Stalag Luft III "Great Escape" dies **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 8, 2010, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-survivor-of-stalag-luft-iii-great-escape-dies/542419 "2010-06-08T13:33:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-survivor-of-stalag-luft-iii-great-escape-dies/542419/1 "2010-06-08T13:33:51Z")
[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100608/ap\_on\_re\_eu/eu\_britain\_obit\_great\_escape](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100608/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_obit_great_escape) I hadn’t realized the others were all gone. Heck, they’d had a reunion when I was in grad school. I read and re-read my copy of Brickhill’s book to pieces, and collected other books on the camp. I was always fascinated by their ingenuity and resourcefulness. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-survivor-of-stalag-luft-iii-great-escape-dies/542419/2 "2010-06-08T14:22:38Z")
Or _did_ he??? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-survivor-of-stalag-luft-iii-great-escape-dies/542419/3 "2010-06-10T05:54:08Z")
Jack Harrison. Stories [here](http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world/great-escape-veteran-jack-harrison-dies-at-the-age-of-97_100377634.html) and [here](http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world/great-escape-veteran-jack-harrison-dies_100377737.html). Sir, I salute you. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-survivor-of-stalag-luft-iii-great-escape-dies/542419/4 "2010-06-10T12:19:45Z")
I love the stilted English in the first story: > [@](#): > > The escape put down Hitler and handed the Nazis an injured nose. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-survivor-of-stalag-luft-iii-great-escape-dies/542419/5 "2010-06-11T03:16:41Z")
Salute! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-survivor-of-stalag-luft-iii-great-escape-dies/542419/6 "2010-06-11T03:20:38Z")
I moved two posts from a newer thread by **Siam Sam** into this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-survivor-of-stalag-luft-iii-great-escape-dies/542419/7 "2010-06-11T03:48:15Z")
Thanks! I missed the first thread. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-survivor-of-stalag-luft-iii-great-escape-dies/542419/8 "2019-02-15T22:14:54Z")
This is weird. While almost 9 years ago Cal Meacham writes: **Last Survivor of Stalag Luft III “Great Escape” dies** , today I am reading an article: **Last member of real-life Great Escape team dies aged 99: Dick Churchill escaped from German prison camp in a feat immortalised in the film starring Steve McQueen** > [@](#): > > Tributes have been paid to the last surviving member of the real-life Great Escape team after his death at the age of 99. Former squadron leader Dick Churchill was one of the 76-strong group who escaped from the Stalag Luft III camp in Germany in 1944. The site is now part of Poland. > > Their feat of courage became one of the most famous stories from the second world war, and was immortalised in the 1963 Hollywood film starring Steve McQueen. Churchill, who lived in Crediton, Devon, died on Wednesday. > **[Last member of real-life Great Escape team dies aged 99](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/15/last-member-of-real-life-great-escape-team-dies-aged-99)** > > Dick Churchill escaped from German prison camp in a feat immortalised in the film starring Steve McQueen ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-survivor-of-stalag-luft-iii-great-escape-dies/542419/9 "2019-02-15T22:28:05Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > This is weird. While almost 9 years ago Cal Meacham writes: **Last Survivor of Stalag Luft III “Great Escape” dies** , today I am reading an article: > > **Last member of real-life Great Escape team dies aged 99: Dick Churchill escaped from German prison camp in a feat immortalised in the film starring Steve McQueen** > > [Last member of real-life Great Escape team dies aged 99 | Second world war | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/15/last-member-of-real-life-great-escape-team-dies-aged-99) Apparently [one of the survivors died in 2015](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/27/australian-great-escape-survivor-paul-royle-dies), too. To be fair, that’s about the level of accuracy I expect from Yahoo News.