My interview with Mr James, of The Great Escape

Lucy Stag · 20-12-2006, 07:19 PM

Hello everyone,

I figured somebody here might be interested in reading my interview from four and a half years ago, with Mr B A "Jimmy" James, an escapee of The Great Escape and other rather interesting events.

This is my edited version which I sent to WWII magazine. They accepted it oh, about four years ago. Haven't heard anything yet, haha, but I am not holdng my breath. As my father pointed out, what's the hurry for them? It's 60 years ago! Not to mention that the letter seemed to stress that it would be a while (though not perhaps four years.)

Anyway, here it is. I don't hate my writing as much as I do with things I wrote as a 15 year old. There are of course plenty of changes I will make if I try to do something else with it.

http://lucystag.livejournal.com/251725.html

Copyright 2002 Lucy Steigerwald

52nd Airborne · 20-12-2006, 09:43 PM

I met Jimmy James and 3 others from the Great Escape in May 2005, Also at the event was two actors from the film namely John Leyton and Angus Lennie.

Kyt · 20-12-2006, 09:53 PM

Thank you for sharing, Lucy. Great interview.

marek_pk · 21-12-2006, 12:00 AM

Thanks for the link Lucy.

Very well written.

Never get tired of reading (or hearing) personal accounts.

Marek

Gnomey · 21-12-2006, 12:07 AM

Very interesting Lucy, thanks for sharing.

Lucy Stag · 21-12-2006, 12:09 AM

Thank you, Kyt and Marek! And Gnomey!

52nd, I am deeply jealous! I would love to meet Mr. James, and go to England for all sorts of reasons that mostly relate to WWII. Was Sydney Dowse present? I'm interested in him as well, because he's the only other remaining Great Escape and Sachenhausen escape member.

Owen · 21-12-2006, 12:33 AM

Thanks for that Lucy.

spidge · 21-12-2006, 12:35 AM

Thank you for sharing that Lucy. Very interesting.

Lucy Stag · 21-12-2006, 12:47 AM

No problem at all Owen and Spidge! Thanks for reading, because I am awfully glad to tell more people the story.

I of course have to reccomend "The Great Escape" by Paul Brickhill, to anyone who hasn't read it. As well as the not quite as well-written (Mr James not being a professional writer, as Brickhill was) "Moonless Night" by Jimmy James, because that's where you get the great detail of the Sachenhausen escape among other things.

en830 · 07-01-2007, 06:27 PM

The Longest Tunnel is well worth a read, as is a Gallent Company (Though is does contain several errors).

20-12-2006, 07:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
Lucy Stag Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 92	My interview with Mr James, of The Great Escape Hello everyone, I figured somebody here might be interested in reading my interview from four and a half years ago, with Mr B A "Jimmy" James, an escapee of The Great Escape and other rather interesting events. This is my edited version which I sent to WWII magazine. They accepted it oh, about four years ago. Haven't heard anything yet, haha, but I am not holdng my breath. As my father pointed out, what's the hurry for them? It's 60 years ago! Not to mention that the letter seemed to stress that it would be a while (though not perhaps four years.) Anyway, here it is. I don't hate my writing as much as I do with things I wrote as a 15 year old. There are of course plenty of changes I will make if I try to do something else with it. http://lucystag.livejournal.com/251725.html Copyright 2002 Lucy Steigerwald Last edited by Lucy Stag; 21-12-2006 at 12:11 AM.

20-12-2006, 09:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
52nd Airborne Very Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Looking for a Landing Zone Posts: 1,305	I met Jimmy James and 3 others from the Great Escape in May 2005, Also at the event was two actors from the film namely John Leyton and Angus Lennie. __________________ *52nd Airborne.* Remembering the fallen from the 5th Hampshire Regiment and The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.

20-12-2006, 09:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
Kyt Very Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,968	Thank you for sharing, Lucy. Great interview. __________________ _______________________________________ Squadron Leader Pujji - Audio Interviews (half way down the page)

21-12-2006, 12:07 AM	#5 (permalink)
Gnomey Per Ardua Ad Astra Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 2,963	Very interesting Lucy, thanks for sharing. __________________ "Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few" Sir Winston Chuchill, Summer 1940 "To him the people of Britain and the free world owe largely the way of life they enjoy today" Ensciption on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-1940) Statue in London Aircraft of World War 2 Forum - A Warbird Forum

21-12-2006, 12:35 AM	#8 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,054	Thank you for sharing that Lucy. Very interesting. __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm

21-12-2006, 12:00 AM	#4 (permalink)
marek_pk Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Middlesex, UK Posts: 158	Thanks for the link Lucy. Very well written. Never get tired of reading (or hearing) personal accounts. Marek

21-12-2006, 12:09 AM	#6 (permalink)
Lucy Stag Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 92	Thank you, Kyt and Marek! And Gnomey! 52nd, I am deeply jealous! I would love to meet Mr. James, and go to England for all sorts of reasons that mostly relate to WWII. Was Sydney Dowse present? I'm interested in him as well, because he's the only other remaining Great Escape and Sachenhausen escape member.

21-12-2006, 12:33 AM	#7 (permalink)
Owen Grumpy Old Moose Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Under the stairs Posts: 9,484	Thanks for that Lucy.

21-12-2006, 12:47 AM	#9 (permalink)
Lucy Stag Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 92	No problem at all Owen and Spidge! Thanks for reading, because I am awfully glad to tell more people the story. I of course have to reccomend "The Great Escape" by Paul Brickhill, to anyone who hasn't read it. As well as the not quite as well-written (Mr James not being a professional writer, as Brickhill was) "Moonless Night" by Jimmy James, because that's where you get the great detail of the Sachenhausen escape among other things.

07-01-2007, 06:27 PM	#10 (permalink)
en830 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Jersey C.I Posts: 68	The Longest Tunnel is well worth a read, as is a Gallent Company (Though is does contain several errors).

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