# The Flight of the Crow: a Great Escape that actually worked. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 16, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flight-of-the-crow-a-great-escape-that-actually-worked/810667 "2018-03-16T14:45:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flight-of-the-crow-a-great-escape-that-actually-worked/810667/1 "2018-03-16T14:45:16Z")
100 POWs escaped from a WW2 camp and survived. Their story is told [here](https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/the-flight-of-the-crow-the-greatest-escape-story-never-told-20180314-p4z4e4.html). > [@](#): > > It was the greatest escape of World War II, led by an Australian - and you’ve most likely never heard of it or of its planner, Ralph Churches, known as The Crow. > The Flight of the Crow, however, is a celebrated event in Slovenia, where it is commemorated every year. It’s a good tale. ---
**Author:** ![johnod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dc4da7/32.png) [@johnod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnod)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flight-of-the-crow-a-great-escape-that-actually-worked/810667/2 "2018-03-16T20:49:00Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > 100 POWs escaped from a WW2 camp and survived. Their story is told [here](https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/the-flight-of-the-crow-the-greatest-escape-story-never-told-20180314-p4z4e4.html). > > It’s a good tale. It surely is.