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Paul Royle, Who Fled Nazis in a ‘Great Escape,’ Dies at 101


By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK

Paul Royle briefly escaped from Stalag Luft III in 1944 with 75 other Allied soldiers, an episode that inspired the 1963 Steve McQueen movie “The Great Escape.”

Published: August 30, 2015 at 12:00AM

Read more at: NYT World

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