Pilot of the real-life 'Great Escape' dies aged 101

Australian pilot Paul Royle, who took part in a mass break out from a German prisoner of war camp during the Second World War, has died in his home town of Perth. He was 101.

Pilot of the real-life 'Great Escape' dies aged 101

Australian pilot Paul Royle, who took part in a mass break out from a German prisoner of war camp during the Second World War, has died in his home town of Perth. He was 101.

The escape was the subject of the 1963 Hollywood film The Great Escape, starring Steve McQueen.

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