CBS News The 1963 classic “The Great Escape” immortalized the seemingly impossible story of airmen breaking free from a Nazi POW camp, but a survivor of the real escape explains how Hollywood got it all wrong.
A pilot who took part in the mass breakout from a German prisoner of war camp in the Second World War remembered as 'The Great Escape', has died in his hometown of Perth aged 101. Paul Royle died S
118 months ago
MSN Interviewed last year about his wartime experiences, Mr Royle said he had vivid memories of escaping into a snow-covered pine forest.
"It was very pleasant and all we saw was great heaps of snow and pine trees. There was snow everywhere, it was cold, Read more ..." he said.
A man currently on trial for defrauding Facebook apparently planned his escape for months, talking a judge into unfreezing some of his assets before cutting off his ankle GPS bracelet and escaping into the great unknown (upstate New York.)