Escaper's Progress

A British naval officer details life as a prisoner of war and his courageous and suspenseful escape attempts during World War II. David James was in Motor Gunboats (with Robert Hichens of Gunboat Command ). Captured in February 1943 after abandoning ship due to fierce engagement with three German armed trawlers in the North Sea, he was imprisoned in Dulag Marlag. His first tunnel was discovered before completion. In December 1943 he succeeded in escaping during the weekly bath house visit and wa