![]() ![]() His second escape took him to Prague where he was sheltered by the Czech resistance for eight months before he was captured. ![]() Over the next four years he made three escapes, coming within 100 yards of the Swiss border during his first attempt. From then on his life was governed by an unquenchable desire to escape from Occupied Europe. On 23 May, 1940, his Spitfire was shot down during a dogfight over Boulogne after destroying two German fighters. ![]() ![]() He was also renowned as an international ski champion and fighter pilot with a string of glamorous girlfriends. By the age of 29, this charismatic character who spoke nine languages had become a London barrister with a reputation for successfully defending those much less fortunate than him. Through exclusive access to this material - as well as fascinating new research from other sources - Simon Pearson, Chief Night Editor of The Times, has now written the first biography of this iconic figure.īorn in South Africa in 1910, Roger Bushell was the son of a British mining engineer. Very little was known about Bushell until 2011, when his family donated his private papers - a treasure trove of letters, photographs and diaries - to the Imperial War Museum. Roger Bushell was 'Big X', mastermind of the mass breakout from Stalag Luft III in March 1944, immortalised in the Hollywood film The Great Escape. The thrilling true story of the real Great Escape, published to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the escape. ![]()
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