Stalag Luft III it as a longer third-person narrative under the title "The Wooden Horse", which was filmed as "The Wooden Horse" in 1950. He included many details omitted in his first book, but changed his name to "Peter Howard", Michael Codner to "John Clinton" and Oliver Philpot to "Philip Rowe". Williams also wrote a prequel, "The Tunnel", an extended study of the mentalities of life as a prisoner of war. Although not an escape novel, it shows the profound urge to escape, and explores the ways that camp life affected men's emotions. Paul Brickhill was an Australian-born Spitfire pilot, shot down in
Wally Floody efforts of those prisoners and the atmosphere of the camps, Floody agreed to be technical adviser on the 1963 feature film "The Great Escape" which was filmed on locations in Germany during the summer of 1962. He is popularly considered the real-life counterpart to that film's fictional "Tunnel King", Danny Velinski, played by Charles Bronson. Wally Floody Flight Lieutenant Clarke Wallace Chant Floody (April 28, 1918 – September 25, 1989) was an imprisoned Canadian World War II pilot who was instrumental in organizing and implementing the "Great Escape" from the German prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III. Floody was