Tuesday, April 21, 2026

THE GREAT ESCAPE

 Book and 1963 movie with Steve McQueen

Inspired by US airman John Dortch Lewis

Flew missions in a FABRIC-COVERED Hawker Hurricane with the RCAF
Wounded over France but crash landed in Britain.
Shot down over North Africa and evaded German troops in the desert for 2 weeks before capture
Caught 3 times before breaking free on the 4th try in a prison camp with a group of allied troops

Died in N. Carolina with pancreatic cancer and emphysema

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