広大な／多数の／重要な Escaper who was 再度捕まえるd and 遂行する／発効させるd by the Nazis after 1944 breakout is remembered as his メダルs go up for auction
The 戦時 メダルs awarded to a hero of the 広大な／多数の／重要な Escape who was 遂行する／発効させるd by the Nazis have 現れるd on sale at auction.
Flight 中尉／大尉／警部補 James Long was の中で the 76 PoWs who broke out of Stalag Luft III in Sagan, Poland, on March 24, 1944. He was one of the main tunnellers in 'Tom' and did 緊急 修理s on it when the roof fell in as he はうd to freedom.
Long and his 'escape mate', Flight 中尉／大尉／警部補 Tony Bethell, were on the run for three days before they were 逮捕（する）d walking と一緒に a 鉄道 line.
The hero, of?9 騎兵大隊, was then 拘留するd by the Gestapo and 殺人d on April 13, 1944, 老年の 29.
Now, his （選挙などの）運動をする メダルs are going under the 大打撃を与える for £4,000 at London-based auctioneers Noonans.?
Flight 中尉／大尉／警部補 James Long was の中で the 76 PoWs who broke out of Stalag Luft III in Sagan, Poland
All but three of the 脱走者s were 逮捕（する）d and 50 of them were 遂行する／発効させるd under Adolf Hitler's 報復 orders.
Their heroics were immortalised in the 1963 film The 広大な／多数の／重要な Escape starring Steve McQueen.
Long was について言及するd in 派遣（する）s for his bravery as a PoW who made several escape 試みる／企てるs at different （軍の）野営地，陣営s.
Christopher Mellor-Hill, 長，率いる of （弁護士の）依頼人 連絡事務 at Noonans, said: 'The 広大な／多数の／重要な Escape was one of the most famous events in the Second World War and was epitomised in the iconic film of 1963 星／主役にするing Steve McQueen.
'Flight 中尉／大尉／警部補 James Long of the 王室の 空気／公表する 軍隊 Volunteer Reserve was 発射 負かす／撃墜する during a （警察の）手入れ，急襲 on Cologne in March 1941.
'He was 逮捕（する）d and taken 囚人 of War, and was held at the 悪名高い Stalag Luft III.
'He was one of the 76 men who escaped the 刑務所，拘置所 during the '広大な／多数の／重要な Escape' on the night of March 24-25, 1944.
'Sadly, Long was 再度捕まえるd on March 27, 1944 and subsequently 遂行する／発効させるd 老年の 29 by the Gestapo on April 13, 1944, reputedly the last of the '広大な／多数の／重要な Escapers' to be 殺人d.'
Long's （選挙などの）運動をする メダルs are going under the 大打撃を与える for £4,000 at London-based auctioneers Noonans
Long?joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve in April 1940 and was 地位，任命するd to 9 騎兵大隊 in March 1941, 飛行機で行くing Vickers Wellington 爆撃機s as Second 操縦する.
On the evening of March 27, 1941, he carried out a Wellington （警察の）手入れ，急襲 on Cologne, Germany, but was 発射 up by a Luftwaffe night 闘士，戦闘機 turning for home.
They 衝突，墜落-landed in the Netherlands and the 乗組員 were 逮捕（する）d 近づく Limbourg, Belgium.
Long was sent to Stalag Luft I Barth where he almost すぐに started escape 試みる／企てるs.
His '執拗な' escapes led to his 移転 to Stalag Luft III in March 1942, where he met like-minded 騎兵大隊 Leader Roger Bushell, the 広大な／多数の／重要な Escape 操る.
He was then held in Gorlitz 刑務所，拘置所 ahead of his 死刑執行 and his remains are buried in Poznan Old 守備隊 共同墓地.
His メダル group, which has been consigned by a 私的な collector, consists of the 1939-45 星／主役にする; 空気／公表する 乗組員 Europe 星／主役にする; War メダル 1939-45.
They are 申し込む／申し出d with an 初めの letter to his mother 知らせるing her that her son did not return from his 1941 出撃. The sale takes place on May 15.
Deadly （死傷者）数 of 脱走者s 遂行する／発効させるd... and how WWII's greatest PoW story got a Hollywood makeover in The 広大な／多数の／重要な Escape
In the spring of 1943, RAF 騎兵大隊 Leader Roge r Bushell conceived a 計画（する） for a major escape from the German Stalag Luft III （軍の）野営地，陣営 近づく Sagan, now ?aga? in Poland.
With the escape planned for the night of March 24, 1944, the PoWs built three 30ft 深い tunnels, 指名するd Tom, 刑事 and Harry, so that if one was discovered by the German guards, they would not 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑う that work was 進行中で on two more.
Bushell ーするつもりであるd to get more than 200 men through the tunnels, each wearing 非軍事の 着せる／賦与するs and 所有するing a 完全にする 範囲 of (1)偽造する／(2)徐々に進むd papers and escape 器具／備品.
In the spring of 1943, RAF 騎兵大隊 Leader Roger Bushell conceived a 計画（する） for a major escape from the German Stalag Luft III （軍の）野営地，陣営 近づく Sagan, now ?aga? in Poland?
To hide the earth dug from the tunnels, the 囚人s 大（公）使館員d pouches of the sand inside their trousers so that as they walked around, it would scatter.
The 囚人s wore greatcoats to 隠す the bulges made by the sand and were referred to as 'penguins' because of their supposed resemblance to the animal.
When the 試みる／企てる began, it was discovered that Harry had come up short and instead of reaching into a nearby forest, the first man in fact 現れるd just short of the tree line, の近くに to a guard tower.?
計画（する）s for one man to leave every minute was 減ずるd to 10 per hour.
The 広大な／多数の／重要な Escape starred Steve McQueen (pictured above) as Captain Virgil Hilts
In total, 76 men はうd through to 初期の freedom, but the 77th was spotted by a guard. In the 追跡（する） for the 入り口 one guard Charlie Pilz はうd through the tunnel but after becoming 罠にかける at the other end called for help.?
The 囚人s opened the 入り口, 明らかにする／漏らすing the 場所.
Of the 脱走者s, three made it to safety, 73 were 逮捕（する）d, and 50 of them 遂行する／発効させるd.
... and the Hollywood film
The 1963 film The 広大な／多数の／重要な Escape was based on real events and, although some characters were fictitious, many were based on real people, or amalgams of several of those 伴う／関わるd.
The film starred Steve McQueen as Captain Virgil Hilts, James 獲得する as Flight 中尉／大尉／警部補 Robert Hendley and Richard Attenborough as 騎兵大隊 Leader Roger Bartlett, and was based on a 調書をとる／予約する of the same 指名する by Paul Brickhill.
Contrary to the film, no American PoWs were 伴う／関わるd in the escape 試みる／企てる, and there were no escapes by motorcycle or 航空機.
Hilts' dash for the 国境 by motorcycle was 追加するd by request of McQueen, who did the stunt riding himself except for the final jump.
