Lots more about Jimmy and the Great Escape, including an audio link to an interview with him:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/history/2004/03/great_escape_05.shtml
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Thanks for that link; quite an inventive and ingenious bunch.
The Beeb does do some very well-crafted and, as far as historical info from more than 15 years ago truthful, stories and documentaries. I won’t trust them with anything political in the current era, as they magnify beyond reason Western Civ’s shortcomings while amplifying every tiny ‘good’ detail in every socialist screed they do.