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Paul Chester Jerome Brickhill (20 December 1916 – 23 April 1991) was an Australian fighter pilot, prisoner of war, and author who wrote The Great Escape, The Dam Busters, and Reach for the Sky .
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 · 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.
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.
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.
Author Paul Brickhill, an Australian airman, spent a few years in a German prisoner of war camp, where he abetted one of the most famous prisoner escapes of the war.
Paul Brickhill has 28 books on Goodreads with 24384 ratings. Paul Brickhill’s most popular book is The Great Escape.
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