A total of 76 men had earlier gone down the tunnel but of those just three made it to freedom.
The rest were recaptured and 50 were executed on the direct orders of a furious Hitler.
The story was told in fictional form in the classic 1963 film The Great Escape starring Steve McQueen and Richard Attenborough.
But for Jack, who opened his 100th birthday card from the Queen at a party organised by the RAF this month, it was for real and could have seen his life cut short.
He said: “Another half an hour and I wouldn’t have been here now.
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