Australian Survivor of "The Great Escape" Dies-- Part 1: Only One Remains

From the August 28, 2015, Fox News/ AP.

Paul Royle, 101, an Australian pilot who participated in World War II's "Great Escape" died August 23, 2015.  He and the others were the subject of the 1963 movie by the same name starring Steve McQueen.  Now, only one survivor of the 76 POWs who escaped from StalagLuft III, 100 miles southeast of Berlin, remains, British flyer Dick Churchill, 94, a former flight leader.

Paul Royle said he didn't much like the movie and they also never used motor bikes in their escape.

Only three of the escapees, 2 Norwegians and a Danish man made it home.  Fifty others were shot to death when captured and another 23 were returned to StalagLuft III or other prison camps.

--GreGen