Portrait of Hero of the Soviet Union sniper Vassili Grigorievich Zaitsev

Vassili Zaitsev

Plot: The sketches were doodled into Private William MacDonald's log by fellow PoWs at the infamous Stalag Luft III camp - this pictures shows the plan for the famous Great Escape tunnels under Hut 104. texag57



"The Great Escape"

A 3-dimentsional box formation was developed that allowed the .50 cals of each plane to cover a neigboring plane, creating interlocking fields of fire that made it more difficult for enemy fighters to attack and break up the formation.