Hello everyone welcome back to the history hit warfare podcast I hope you're having a great holiday break

there is nothing better than rewatching the great escape over this period of time I'll certainly be doing it and as such I thought I dig deep into the Dan Snow's history hit archive

to pull out one of my favorite episodes. It's on The Great Escape with Air Commodore Charles Clark. You want to know what it was like in Stallag Luft 3?

Well, Dan talks to Charles Clark, a prisoner of war during the Great Escape

about all of those details.

Now remember, of course, each week twice a week I bring you

brand new cutting edge military histories and over this holiday period you can go back

through our 200 plus episodes to find so many in there to your liking.

And feel free to get in content with us directly on warfare at historyhit.com with any ideas

you have for future episodes. But now here is

Dan and Air Commodore Charles Clark on the Great Escape. Enjoy and have a happy

holidays. Tell me about your wartime experience before your capture.

I'm actually at the Waterhouse Spa, the Petwood Hotel, which was the finest officer's mess in the country and you probably know it.

It was only a one squadron place.

What was terrifying was the tremendous turnover of crews. I mean you'd go and leave and you

come back the following week and people would be missing and that they'd clear the kit out so quickly.

The crew was formed like a marriage ceremony if you like or,

you know, you'd gang up together. was an amazing system it was quite effective.

Anyway I was posted Woodhouse Bar which was the best self-sus mess in the country.

It is still a first-class who did. best officers in the country.

It is still a first-class hotel.

There was only one squadron there.

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