Paul Chester Jerome Brickhill (December 20 1916 - April 23 1991) was an Australian writer, whose World War II books were turned into popular movies. Educated at North Sydney Boys' High School, before World War II, Brickhill worked as a journalist. During the war, he was a fighter pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force. Wikipedia
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Best known for writing several historical books on WW2 subjects, the most famous being "The Great Escape" filmed in 1963 with Steve McQueen. Brickhill himself was a prisoner of the camp in question, Stalag Luft III, and participated in what was to be the www.imdb.com/name/nm0108595/
