About this episode

The episode features the remarkable escape story of Mick Shand, the last person out of a POW camp tunnel, as shared by his children.

Mick Shand was the last person out of the tunnel to get away from the camp, and he was on the run for several days before he was eventually recaptured. We were joined by his daughter, Sarah, and son, Peter, to share their father's remarkable story with us. For You The War Is Over is a podcast that looks at the real life stories of Prisoner-of-War escapes from the the Second World War. Hosted by Dave Robertson and Tony Hoskins, each episode looks at a new escape.  If you would like to follow us on Twitter we can be found @FYTWIO we can also be found on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FYTWIO/ or if you would prefer to send a more long form message we can also be reached via email at FYTWIOpodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Dave Robertson, Tony Hoskins

Guests: Sarah, Peter

Topics covered

• Prisoner-of-War escapes
• Second World War
• family stories
• historical accounts
• tunnel escape
• recapture

Keywords

• Mick Shand
• Prisoner-of-War
• escape story
• Second World War
• tunnel
• recapture
• family

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: For You The War Is Over

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