Hello Chugalug,
After all these years, I don't regret the action I took. I would have been better off if I had used an "escape committee" plan, but can't find evidence that those committees existed only in officer camps. Although I was condemned to working hard on the railways, It's likely that I kept in better health than I would have been in the Stalag. However, I'd hate to do it all again!
Walter.