Squadron Leader Dowling Rip Original Great Escape

soren1941 · 07-08-2008, 04:56 AM

War veteran who helped inspire The Great Escape film dies - Telegraph

Harry Ree · 07-08-2008, 10:09 AM

I would support his view of the motor cycle scene and even the role of S M,good actor as he was.

Fiction is the enemy of history as Dowling points out.Like many others who have witnessed history, having it replayed with distortions is not easy to take.

soren1941 · 07-08-2008, 03:15 PM

Yes like U571 coz it was the Germans who captured and cracked enigma!

07-08-2008, 04:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
soren1941 Living in Ypres Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Ypres Posts: 517	Squadron Leader Dowling Rip Original Great Escape War veteran who helped inspire The Great Escape film dies - Telegraph __________________ Sample 'Michael Wittmann' Passchendaele Prints ~ WW1 & WW2 themed prints http://passchendaeleprints.com/ I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this. Soren Kierkegaard

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soren1941 Living in Ypres Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Ypres Posts: 517	Yes like U571 coz it was the Germans who captured and cracked enigma! __________________ Sample 'Michael Wittmann' Passchendaele Prints ~ WW1 & WW2 themed prints http://passchendaeleprints.com/ I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this. Soren Kierkegaard

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07-08-2008, 10:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
Harry Ree Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 634	I would support his view of the motor cycle scene and even the role of S M,good actor as he was. Fiction is the enemy of history as Dowling points out.Like many others who have witnessed history, having it replayed with distortions is not easy to take.

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