Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko ngā mētara pakanga o te toa o Normandy i pakaru mai i tōna whare tiaki ki te haere ki ngā whakamaharatanga o te rā D o te tau kua hipa ki Wīwī kua hokona mō te neke atu i te rima ngā wā o tō rātou uara i whakaritea. I mōhiotia a Bernard Jordan ko te Great Escaper i muri i tana rerenga atu i ōna kaitiaki, i hopu i tētahi waka ki Caen, ā, i puta mai ki Normandy me ōna tohu ratonga i whakairihia ki tōna koti. Ko ana mētara i kohia £ 1,650 mo te RNLI i Wallis me Wallis i Lewes, East Sussex. E £300 te uara o te utu. Great Escaper: I rere atu a Bernard Jordan i ōna kaitiaki, i hopu i tētahi waka ki Caen, ā, i puta mai ki Normandy me ōna tohu ratonga i whakairihia ki tōna kākahu. I mate a Mr Jordan i te 90 o ona tau i te 30 o Tihema, ā, kotahi wiki i muri mai ka mate tana pouaru a Irene. Kaore he whanau tata a te tokorua, a, i waiho e ratou te £ 600,000 ki te RNLI i roto i ta raatau hiahia. Ko Mr. Jordan he kaikawe i te Royal Navy e 19 ona tau i te 6 o Pipiri 1944, i runga ia i tētahi waka kawe waka ki te moana i roto i te ngaru tuatahi o ngā kaipuke ki te pā ki ngā takutai o Normandy. Kua whai wāhi kē ia ki te Pakanga o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa - te pakanga o te ngeru me te kiore i waenganui i nga kaipuke o nga Allied me nga kaipuke U-a-Tiamana mo nga huarahi tuku nui mai i Uropi ki te United States. I tētahi wā, he mema ia o te rōpū i hopu i tētahi o ngā mīhini waehere Enigma, i whakamahia e ngā Nazis ki te whakararuraru i ngā karere, mai i tētahi kaipuke moana hoariri. Whai muri i te pakanga, ka uru a Mr Jordan ki te tōrangapū ā-rohe, ā, i mahi ia hei kaunihera tāone mō ngā tau 23 i tōna tāone whānau o Hove, East Sussex. He kaunihera taone ia mo nga tau e rua, a ko ia te koromatua o te taone mai i te 1995 ki te 1996. I puta a Mr Jordan ki nga upoko korero i te marama o Hune o te tau kua hipa i tana ngaro mai i tana whare tiaki i te ra i mua o nga whakanui 75 o te ra D-Day. I te kore e korero ki tetahi, tae atu ki tana wahine a Irene, ka mau te reti maia ki te poti ki Caen i Normandy ka haere ki te ratonga. D-Day: Ko Mr Jordan he 19 tau te pakeke o te Royal Navy i te 6 o Pipiri 1944, i runga ia i tētahi kaipuke kaipuke kaipuke i roto i te ngaru tuatahi o ngā kaipuke ki te patu i ngā takutai o Normandy. Ko ngā mētara a Mr Jordan, i hokona i muri i tōna matenga, ko te 1939-1945 Star, te...
I ngaro a Bernard Jordan i tana whare tiaki i mua i te tau o te ra D. I eke ia ki tētahi waka ki Caen, ki Normandy, ā, i haere ia ki te mahi. I mate ia i te 90 o ona tau i te Tihema 30, a kotahi wiki i muri mai ka mate tana pouaru. Kua hokona ngā mētara a Mr Jordan mō te £1,650 - ko te tatauranga he £300 anake. Ko te moni i whakawhiwhia ki te RNLI, me te £600,000 i mahue i roto i te hiahia o te tokorua.