Roger Bushell

Roger Bushell
Bushell in his Royal Air Force uniform shortly before his capture
Born(1910-08-30)30 August 1910
Springs, Transvaal, South Africa
Died29 March 1944(1944-03-29) (aged 33)
Ramstein, Germany[1]
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchRoyal Air Force
Years of service1932–1944
RankSquadron Leader
CommandsNo. 92 Squadron RAF (1939–40)
Battles / warsSecond World War
AwardsMentioned in Despatches

Squadron Leader Roger Joyce Bushell (30 August 1910 – 29 March 1944) was a South African in the British Royal Air Force aviator. He masterminded the famous "Great Escape" from Stalag Luft III in March 1944, but was one of the 50 escapees to be recaptured and subsequently shot and murdered by the Nazi German Gestapo secret police.

  1. ^ "The Fifty". The Porter Family. Retrieved 10 January 2011.