![]() ![]() Simon Pearson's revealing biography is a vivid account of war and love, triumph and tragedy-and one man's attempt to challenge remorseless tyranny in the face of impossible odds. His third (and last escape) destabilized the Nazi leadership and captured the imagination of the world, forever immortalized by Hollywood. ![]() ![]() Over the next four years he made three escapes, coming within one hundred yards of the Swiss border during his first attempt. On May 23, 1940, his Spitfire was shot down during a dogfight over Boulogne after destroying two German fighters. Born in South Africa in 1910, Roger Bushell was the son of a British mining engineer. Through exclusive access to this material, as well as new research from other sources, Simon Pearson has written the first biography of this iconic figure. Very little was known about Bushell until 2011, when his family donated his private papers to the Imperial War Museum. Roger Bushell was the mastermind of the mass breakout from Stalag Luft III in March 1944. Like the subject of the film, "Big X" was a real person. Simon Pearson - GREAT ESCAPER: The Life and Death of Roger Bushell The mast, Paperback - A biography of Roger Bushell, the mastermind of the mass breakout. While the most famous images from the 1963 film The Great Escape include either a motorcycle or a ball-but definitely Steve McQueen-Richard Attenborough played the part of "Big X," the British mastermind behind the greatest escape in history. A Sunday Times bestseller, the real story behind the mastermind of the most famous breakout in history- The Great Escape. ![]()
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