Former pilot, Vyvyan Howard, helped others escape by distracting guards as the tunnels were dug.
A World War 2 pilot, who was a prisoner of war at the camp made famous by the film The Great Escape, has died aged 102.
He spent two-and-a-half years at the Nazis' Stalag Luft III POW camp in Lower Silesia, now part of Poland. In January 1945 the camp was marched westward in treacherous winter conditions in the so-called Long March, before being liberated by British forces at Lubeck in May.Mr Howard later said he owed his life to advice from a Polish soldier who told him "don't ever take your boots off", to prevent his feet from swelling.
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