The Great Escape (book)
First UK edition (publ. Faber) Cover art by Ley Kenyon | |
| Author | Paul Brickhill (1916–1991) |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Ley Kenyon |
| Cover artist | Ley Kenyon |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Norton (US), Faber (UK) |
Publication date | 1950 (US), 1951 (UK) |
The Great Escape is a 1950 book by Australian writer Paul Brickhill (1916–1991), that provides an insider's account of the March 1944 mass escape from the Nazi German Luftwaffe (Air Force) prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III for British and Commonwealth enemy airmen.