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Paul Brickhill was an Australian fighter pilot, prisoner of war, and author of The Great Escape, The Dam Busters, and Reach for the Sky. Learn about his life, career, and works from this comprehensive biography.
Aug 31, 2016 · On March 17, 1943, Australian flight officer Paul Brickhill had two big breaks. The 26-year-old was shot down over Tunisia and captured by Italian soldiers.
Apr 23, 1991 · Paul Brickhill. From Rosetta Books: Though The Great Escape is a novel, its basic story is true, and the novel's author Paul Brickhill (1916-91) was a participant in it. Brickhill, an Australian, had flown missions against the Germans in Tunisia for the Royal Australian Air Force when he was shot down in 1943.
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Mar 23, 2019 · It was a dog-eared, paperback copy of Paul Brickhill's The Great Escape — the epic true story of the mass breakout by allied airmen from Stalag Luft III, a German prisoner of war camp in World War II.
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Apr 26, 1991 · Paul Brickhill, author of "The Great Escape" and other war novels that sold millions of copies and were made into films, died on Tuesday. He was 74 years old.
Paul Brickhill was an Australian writer who wrote a book about the 1944 mass escape from a German POW camp. The book was adapted into a 1963 film starring Steve McQueen and James Garner.
One of Australia's most successful authors, Paul Brickhill, died a recluse in his Sydney home after failing to fulfil his dream of writing the great Australian novel. Brickhill died on Tuesday night aged 74.
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