The Real Great Escape

For the first time the true story of the mastermind behind World War IIs Great Escape is told by his niece Lindy Wilson Squadron Leader Roger Bushell was a young London barrister an auxiliary pilot and a champion skier when he was shot down and captured early in the war He escaped three times and in spite of the Gestapos threat to shoot him if he ever escaped again Bushell accepted the role of Big X on his return to the topsecurity PoW camp Stalag Luft 111 After 18 months of preparation one of the greatest escapes of the war took place Their aim to distract the enemy succeeded as it was estimated that five million Germans were deployed to recapture the 76 escapees However Hitlers rage was uncontainable and he personally ordered a terrible reckoning Storyville