Paul Brickhill

Paul Chester Jerome Brickhill (December 20 1916 – April 23 1991) was an Australian writer, whose World War II books were turned into popular movies.

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December 20 - 1916 - April 23 - 1991 - World War II

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Before World War II, Brickhill worked as a journalist. During the war, he was a fighter pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force. As a prisoner of the Germans, Brickhill participated in the mass escape from Stalag Luft III. Brickhill documented the escape in The Great Escape (New York: Norton, 1950). The movie The Great Escape was based on that book.

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Journalist - Royal Australian Air Force - Stalag Luft III - The Great Escape

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Several other books by Brickhill were made into movies, including:

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• Reach for the Sky, based on Reach for the Sky: The Story of Douglas Bader, Legless Ace of the Battle of Britain.
• The Dam Busters, based on The Dam Busters, about the destruction of dams in the Rhine valley by British air forces.
 
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