Love, betrayal and courage: Private letters reveal the story behind the mastermind of The Great Escape Roger Bushell. By DAILY MAIL Updated: 16:09 EDT, 26 November 2011 . 17. View comments.

The reality: A 33-year-old British air force squadron leader, Roger Bushell, organized the great escape. As “Big X” of the camp escape committee, he proposed that the prisoners dig not one but ...

This is Roger Bushell's great escape. (narrator) But Bushell wasn't the only man determined to escape. (Clare) These were extremely courageous men.

The mastermind of the actual Great Escape was a quite remarkable character: 33-year-old RAF squadron leader Roger Bushell (called Bartlett in the movie and played by Richard Attenborough).

The escape was masterminded by the man played by Richard Attenborough, although his real name was Roger Bushell, a squadron leader who had been shot down early in the war, and had made several ...

Local news War hero: Roger Bushell and The Great Escape remembered There are two films about The Great Escape. The first is an award-winning film of 1963 titled The Great Escape.

"The Great Escape" features restored images, recreations and even testimonials from survivors of the ordeal, including 99-year-old Jack Lyon, ... RAF Squadron Leader Roger Bushell. ...

By rights we should all be dead,” Roger Bushell, Royal Air Force Squadron Leader, ... Stalag Luft III during the commemoration of “The Great Escape” in Zagan, Poland Mar. 24.

South African-born Roger Bushell, ... The Great Escape, Channel 5, on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday at 9pm. Related articles. What happened to Raven Owen from Our Yorkshire Farm?

Wing Commander Bob Tuck with Squadron Leader Roger Bushell (right), the man responsible for organising the Great Escape. Upon being recaptured he was murdered by the Gestapo on March 29, 1944 ...