The Fifty, The Fallen Heroes of the Great Escape Tank Tortoise opening hatches and movable gun

opening hatches and movable gun barrel make this model highly appealing to collectors and instantly recognizable

Due to a lack of troops

The written records were supplemented by examining thousands of photos

with action-packed scripts by Alan Hebden and stunning art by Ron Tiner

The Fifty, The Fallen Heroes of the Great Escape Tank Tortoise opening hatches and movable gunBy Steve Darlow and Sean Feast Hardback The Great Escape has gone down in history as a story of bravery and cunning that ultimately led to the killing of fifty prisoners of war, all officially recorded as beim Fluchtversuch erschossen shot whilst attempting to escape. While the names of surviving escapers may be familiar, having lived to tell their stories, most of the murdered fifty are less well known, and many receive no more than a footnote in the