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WW2 PoW Escape Books (Non Fiction)
Wings DayWings Day by Sydney Smith
Buy used from: £0.31
Fantastic true story about a true war hero
Moonless Night: Wartime Diary of a Great EscaperMoonless Night: Wartime Diary of a Great Escaper by B.A. James
Buy new: £9.88 / Used from: £5.14
Gripping first hand account about the Great Escape and James's subsequent escape from Sachsenhausen
The Colditz Story (Cassell Military Paperbacks)The Colditz Story (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by Pat R. Reid
Buy used from: £0.01
The Colditz book, written by Capt Reid who made a home run from here in 1942
The Latter Days at Colditz (Cassell Military Paperbacks)The Latter Days at Colditz (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by Pat R. Reid
Buy used from: £1.28
Colditz described by Reid after his own escape
The Great Escape (Cassell Military Paperbacks)The Great Escape (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by Paul Brickhill
Buy new: £4.35 / Used from: £0.01
Excellent readable book written by Brickhill who was in camp at the time of the escape, but does contain some minor factual errors
The Great Escape from Stalag Luft III: The Full Story of How 76 Allied Officers Carried Out World War II's Most Remarkable Mass EscapeThe Great Escape from Stalag Luft III: The Full Story of How 76 Allied Officers Carried Out World War II's Most Remarkable Mass Escape by Tim Carroll
Buy new: £8.16 / Used from: £7.92
A well researched account
They Have Their Exits (Pen & Sword Military Classics)They Have Their Exits (Pen & Sword Military Classics) by Airey Neave
Buy new: £5.47 / Used from: £2.72
Neave made the first British home run from Colditz - this is his own well written story
The Wooden Horse (Military Classics)The Wooden Horse (Military Classics) by Eric Williams
Buy used from: £4.00
A novelised account of an amazing escape, written by one of the escapers, factual but with changed names
Lie in the Dark and Listen: The Remarkable Exploits of a WWII Bomber Pilot and Great EscaperLie in the Dark and Listen: The Remarkable Exploits of a WWII Bomber Pilot and Great Escaper by Ken Rees
Buy new: £6.22 / Used from: £10.61
Another excellent first hand account of the Great Escape
Escape from Germany: The Methods of Escape Used by R.A.F.Airmen During the 2nd World WarEscape from Germany: The Methods of Escape Used by R.A.F.Airmen During the 2nd World War by Aidan Crawley
Buy used from: £1.13
An offical account of all RAF Home runs from Germany, together with discribtions of the methods used. Crawley was a PoW himself and was Intelligence Officer at Stalag Luft 3.
The Longest Tunnel: True Story of the Great EscapeThe Longest Tunnel: True Story of the Great Escape by Alan Burgess
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Another good Great Escape book
A Crowd is Not CompanyA Crowd is Not Company by Robert Kee
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Arguably the best PoW book ever written - excellent account of Pow life
Under the WireUnder the Wire by William Ash
Buy new: £3.68 / Used from: £0.01
A funny first hand account about a very persistant, if unlucky escapoligist
Wire and Walls: RAF PoWs in Itzehoe, Spangenberg & Thorn 1939-1942Wire and Walls: RAF PoWs in Itzehoe, Spangenberg & Thorn 1939-1942 by Charles Rollings
Buy new: £16.99 / Used from: £4.00
Excellently researched history, with accurate escape accounts
Wire and Worse: v.2: RAF Prisoners of War in Laufen, Bibarach, Lubeck and Warburg 1940-42: Vol 2Wire and Worse: v.2: RAF Prisoners of War in Laufen, Bibarach, Lubeck and Warburg 1940-42: Vol 2 by Charles Rollings
Buy new: £16.99 / Used from: £12.12
Excellently researched history, with accurate escape accounts
Free as a Running FoxFree as a Running Fox by T D Calnan
Buy used from: £66.53
Calnan was a very persistant and unlucky escaper!