The Great Escape from Stalag Luft III: The Memoir of Jens M?ller

The true story of the POW escape that later became the basis for the famous film The Great Escape, as told by Jens M?ller, one of only three men who successfully escaped from Stalag Luft III in March 1944.

Jens Müller was a Norwegian pilot who was shot down by a German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 off the Belgian coast in 1942. He was captured as soon as he paddled ashore and sent to Stalag Luft III. After the war he wrote Tre kom tilbake (Three Came Back) about his experiences. He died in 1999.

David Robertson is cohost of For You the War Is Over, a podcast that looks at real-life stories of POW escapes during World War II.