Bushell, Roger Joyce b. August 30, 1910 d. March 29, 1944 World War II British Royal Air Force Officer. He was the central figure in the escape of Allied prisoners of war during World War II from the German Stalag Luft III, which was later portrayed in the book and motion picture "The Great Escape". Born in 1910 in Springs, Transvaal, South Africa, his family lived in Mossel River, Cape Province. He studied law Pembroke College, Cambridge, England, and became an adventurer during the 1930s, becoming fluent in German and French. At the outbreak of...[Read More] (Bio by: Elsie Celestino) Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery, Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland Plot: Collective Grave 9A
b. August 30, 1910 d. March 29, 1944