Notable Prisoners
- Wing Commander Harry Day - Senior British Officer (November 1942 to March 1943) and Great Escape survivor
- Flight Lieutenant Bertram James - RAF Pilot and Great Escape survivor
- Lieutenant Commander Jimmy Buckley RN - Fleet Air Arm Pilot and escapee
- Anthony Barber - RAF Pilot and future Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Robert Kee - RAF Pilot and future author and journalist
- Aidan Crawley - RAF Officer and future author, journalist and MP
- Oliver Philpot - RAF Pilot and escapee
- Eric Williams - RAF Officer and escapee
- Per Bergsland - Norwegian pilot serving in RAF and Great Escape
- William Ash - American serving in RCAF, escapee and future author
- Johnnie Dodge - British Army officer and Great Escape survivor
- Flight Lieutenant CC Cheshire - RAF Pilot and brother of Leonard Cheshire VC
- Peter Stevens - RAF Pilot of German-Jewish birth and multiple escapee
- Jorgen Thalbitzer - Danish pilot serving in RAF
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