Frank Stone - The Great Escape

On Monday 5th March Uniformed Public Services had a talk/presentation from Frank Stone. He is 89 years old. He is one of the last survivors from the great escape. It was very interesting to hear a account from a person who was actually there.


This is a picture of Frank when he was 18 years old and a traniee navigator.

He eventually ended up in Sagan StalagLuft III - the camp made renowned in the classic war movie “The Great Escape”. One of the infamous three tunnels, Tom, Dick and Harry, was dug from the hut in which Frank was billeted.

For the past thirty years Frank has been sharing his experiences of the camp, explaining how they planned and achieved everything and telling of his own part in the greatest escape story of the Second World War.