Drone_pilot
16-03-04, 14:03
Two war veterans will be reunited to mark the 60th anniversary of the prison camp breakout immortalised in the film The Great Escape.
The pair are among only a handful of survivors of the escape from the Stalag Luft III camp in Germany.
Squadron Leader Bertram "Jimmy" James and Flight Lieutenant Sydney Dowse were among 76 Allied aircrew who tunnelled their way out of the camp.
Mr James said he never thought "I'd be here talking about it" 60 years on.
The men will attend a reunion at London's Imperial War Museum on Tuesday.
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3515042.stm)
The pair are among only a handful of survivors of the escape from the Stalag Luft III camp in Germany.
Squadron Leader Bertram "Jimmy" James and Flight Lieutenant Sydney Dowse were among 76 Allied aircrew who tunnelled their way out of the camp.
Mr James said he never thought "I'd be here talking about it" 60 years on.
The men will attend a reunion at London's Imperial War Museum on Tuesday.
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3515042.stm)