US POWs uncover a mole

29th October 1944: US paratroopers detained in Poland are determined to escape - but must first deal with a German spy in their midst

A German postcard showing the entrance to Stalag Luft III C.

Ever since D-Day, the number of US servicemen in German POW camps had been growing. Many were Airborne troops whose jumps had been widely dispersed behind enemy lines in Normandy and, more recently, during Market Garden. Frustrated by their situation, many were keen to escape or at least cause …