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Great Escape veteran.(Bertram James )(Brief article)
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History Today
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April 1, 2008
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The funeral has taken place of Sqn Ldr Bertram 'Jimmy' James, a survivor from the 'Great Escape' of Allied prisoners-of-war from Stalag Luft III in the Second World War. James died on January 18th, aged 92. He was among 76 PoWs who tunnelled out of the camp in Silesia on March 24th, 1944, made famous in the film The Great ...