Peter Butterworth beyond the camp grounds. He was subsequently sent to Stalag Luft III, near Sagan, the scene of "The Great Escape". Whilst at Stalag Luft III he met Talbot Rothwell, who later went on to write many of the Carry On films in which Butterworth was to star. Rothwell and Butterworth formed a duet and sang in the camp shows, where booing and catcalls covered the sounds of an escape tunnel being dug by other prisoners. Butterworth was one of the vaulters covering for the escapers during the escape portrayed by the book and film "The Wooden Horse". Butterworth later auditioned
Stalag III-D time. A small number of men from these camps also joined the staff of the Ministry of Propaganda, working for radio stations and magazines. A similar camp at Friesack, designated Stalag XX-A (301), was established to recruit Irishmen serving in the British Army. Stalag III-D Stalag III-D was a World War II German Army prisoner-of-war camp located in Berlin. The camp was established on 14 August 1940 on the corner of Landweg and Osdorferstraße in Berlin-Lichterfelde. The commandant and camp administration offices ("Kommandantur") were later located at Belle-Alliance Straße 106-107, in Kreuzberg. With prisoners from Belgium, Great Britain, France, Yugoslavia,