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| roger bushell grave: The Great Escaper Simon Pearson, 2021-05-04 A Sunday Times bestseller, the real story behind the mastermind of the most famous breakout in history—The Great Escape. While the most famous images from the 1963 film The Great Escape include either a motorcycle or a ball—but definitely Steve McQueen—Richard Attenborough played the part of “Big X,” the British mastermind behind the greatest escape in history. Like the subject of the film, “Big X” was a real person. Roger Bushell was the mastermind of the mass breakout from Stalag Luft III in March 1944. Very little was known about Bushell until 2011, when his family donated his private papers to the Imperial War Museum. Through exclusive access to this material, as well as new research from other sources, Simon Pearson has written the first biography of this iconic figure. Born in South Africa in 1910, Roger Bushell was the son of a British mining engineer. On May 23, 1940, his Spitfire was shot down during a dogfight over Boulogne after destroying two German fighters. Over the next four years he made three escapes, coming within one hundred yards of the Swiss border during his first attempt. His third (and last escape) destabilized the Nazi leadership and captured the imagination of the world, forever immortalized by Hollywood. Simon Pearson's revealing biography is a vivid account of war and love, triumph and tragedy—and one man's attempt to challenge remorseless tyranny in the face of impossible odds. |
| roger bushell grave: Behind Barbed Wire Alexander Mikaberidze, 2018-11-26 An indispensable reference on concentration camps, death camps, prisoner-of-war camps, and military prisons offering broad historical coverage as well as detailed analysis of the nature of captivity in modern conflict. This comprehensive reference work examines internment, forced labor, and extermination during times of war and genocide, with a focus on the 20th and 21st centuries and particular attention paid to World War II and recent conflicts in the Middle East. It explores internment as it has been used as a weapon and led to crimes against humanity and is ideal for students of global studies, history, and political science as well as politically and socially aware general readers. In addition to entries on such notorious camps as Abu Ghraib, Andersonville, Auschwitz, and the Hanoi Hilton, the encyclopedia includes profiles of key perpetrators of camp and prison atrocities and more than a dozen curated and contextualized primary source documents that further illuminate the subject. Primary sources include United Nations documents outlining the treatment of prisoners of war, government reports of infamous camp and prison atrocities, and oral histories from survivors of these notorious facilities. |
| roger bushell grave: On Laughter-Silvered Wings Gail Strever-Morkel, 2013-06-19 This well written and thoroughly researched biographical account of the life and times of a South African WW2 pilot (the author's father) is sure to appeal widely. The story is by necessity highly personal, drawing on family history and changing lifestyles as the central figure fights his way through a series of challenging experiences, flying coastal strike missions in the Mediterranean and North Africa, then in the Far East against the Japanese. The story is full of personal perspectives and gets off to a thorough and engrossing operational start, before retracing the personal family story to place everything in context. Images of a lost world haunt the pages, evocative of an era where a decisive individual could challenge the system and get results, despite massive inflexibility within the Services. This work is sure to make a welcome addition to any discerning readers collection; the story of Coastal Command is often overlooked, with histories focusing largely on the Fighter boys and Bomber Boys of World War Two and their associated experiences. The exploits recorded in this book therefore serve as an overdue reminder of the Unit, and the part they played in the Allied effort.Ted's wartime exploits include the first midair skyjacking in history, a daring solitary attack on the Italian fleet after losing the rest of his strike team, narrowly surviving being burnt in the subsequent inferno of a horrific air crash in the Ceylon jungle, many emergency crash landings and finally as Commander of 27 Squadron carrying out dangerous rescue operations behind enemy lines for members of the Indian Resistance Movement who were operating in the jungle of Burma. Written largely in the first person, and illustrated extensively, these exploits come vividly to life. |
| roger bushell grave: The Millionaires' Squadron Tom Moulson, 2014-07-08 Imagined by an aristocrat in White's Club, London in 1925, a part-time squadron of wealthy young men with their own private aircraft was incorporated into a newly-established combat-ready Auxiliary Air Force, first as bombers, then fighters. The pre-war years combined serious training with frivolity and mischief, but the outbreak of war in 1939 changed that. Despite their social rank the pilots were thrust into the heart of the action, with mortality proving to be the great social leveler. From privileged pre-war lifestyles to front line deployment the lives of those who survived underwent radical change. Through the battles of Britain, Malta, the African desert and Italy the squadron's composition was transformed, and by war's end only a minority were British and none were millionaires. Britain had changed too, and the re-formed squadron filled with a combination of veterans and young middle-class ex-service pilots. The pilots flew Hurricanes in the Battle of Britain, and Spitfires thereafter until the arrival of jets in the '50s; DH Vampires and Gloster Meteors. The one aircraft they could not master was the little-loved mid-engine P-39 Bell Airacobra in 1941. Disbandment in 1957 of the by-then 'Royal' Auxiliary Air Force was fiercely resisted, but inevitable.Originally published in 1964 to great acclaim, this second edition features a wealth of brand new content in the form of newly uncovered documentation and photo illustrations. It is set to bring the story of this eccentric and dynamic squadron to a whole new audience of aviation and military enthusiasts.As seen in the Western Morning News and Epping Forest Guardian. |
| roger bushell grave: Sir Harold Ridley and His Fight for Sight David J. Apple, 2006 Did you know that the most common surgical eye procedure today began as a tragic injury to a WWII pilot? Did you know that one of the first medical devices to ever be implanted into a human was performed by an ophthalmologist? Do you know the riveting story behind the man who envisioned and achieved ground-breaking medical advancements for vision care? ______________________________________________________________________________ An innovator in eye surgery and undisputed inventor of the intraocular lens (IOL), Sir Harold Ridley achieved some of the most important discoveries in ophthalmology and medicine over the last 100 years. The compelling story of Sir Harold Ridley is one not widely known among today's medical community. It is a story of an unassuming medical leader. It is a story that needs to be told, not only for its historical value, but also to provide guidance for future generations on bringing new inventions to the world. In the early 1980's, Dr. David J. Apple, one of the most prominent American ophthalmologists and eye researchers conducted studies that by the mid-1980's had verified that Ridley's innovation--the implantation of the IOL--was potentially safe and effective. Upon hearing of these studies, Ridley requested to meet Dr. Apple at Ridley's home in England, where a life-long personal and professional relationship was born. Inside Sir Harold Ridley and His Fight for Sight: He Changed the World So That We May Better See It, Dr. David J. Apple chronicles the amazing career and life of Sir Harold Ridley based on their friendship and on never before published documents, photographs, and memorabilia. Ridley's tremendous impact on ophthalmology and specifically on the treatment of cataract patients, is a story that until now has not been told. Sir Harold Ridley and His Fight for Sight is based on 26 years of research performed by Dr. Apple. Interviews with friends, families, colleagues, as well as the review of medical and hospital records, military records, and museum exhibits have brought the story of Sir Harold Ridley to forefront of the medical community today. Dr. Apple brings life and credibility to the pages of Sir Harold Ridley and His Fight for Sight with over 600 images, testimonials from Sir Harold Ridley on his quest that began in 1935, and a personal touch that only a true colleague and friend can convey. From Harold Ridley, 1989: I had twenty-five years in the wilderness and would have been spared much suffering if David Apple, the one who at last took the trouble to read and analyze all the early implant papers, had appeared in the 1950's, for a whole generation of cataract patients might then have enjoyed full visual rehabilitation instead of suffering the abnormalities of aphakia. In 1940 during World War II, in the legendary Battle of Britain, a British pilot was tragically blinded when shattered fragments of his cockpit canopy were embedded in his eyes. This tragic event led to the identification of an implant material and eventuated in Ridley's accomplishing a complete cure for cataracts. Ridley focused the next decade of his life on the development of an artificial lens to be implanted following the removal of a cataract. This device has restored vision to nearly 200 million people worldwide, and presently 9 million annually. After performing the first IOL implant on a cataract patient, Sir Harold Ridley was met with opposition from the medical community. It took three decades of struggle until his goal became reality. Now the cataract surgery, and its cousin, refractive surgery, including the procedure LASIK, are the most common surgical procedures performed today. Paving the way for past, current and future ophthalmologists, Sir Harold Ridley not only implanted the first medical device into a patient--he pioneered multiple once in a lifetime discoveries including in |
| roger bushell grave: The Publications of the Surtees Society , 1884 List of publications, v. 1-132, in v. 132. |
| roger bushell grave: Testamenta Eboracensia York (England), 1884 |
| roger bushell grave: Stalag Luft III Charles Messenger, 2019-03-30 In early 1942 the Third Reich opened a maximum security prisoner-of-war camp in Lower Silesia for captured Allied airmen. Called Stalag Luft III, the camp soon came to contain some of the most inventive escapers ever known.The escapers were led by Squadron Leader Roger Bushell, codenamed 'Big X'. In March 1944, Bushell masterminded an attempt to smuggle hundreds of POWs down a tunnel built right under the noses of their guards. In fact, 76 Allied airmen clambered into the tunnel and only three made successful escapes.This remarkable breakout would be immortalized in the famous Hollywood film The Great Escape, in which the bravery of the men was rightly celebrated. Behind the scenes photographs from the film are included in this definitive pictorial work on the most famous POW camp of World War II. |
| roger bushell grave: Testamenta Eboracensia James Raine, John William Clay, 1884 |
| roger bushell grave: The Greatest Escape Martin Barratt, 2023-06-30 This is the story of a wartime bomber, its crew and of a tantalizing detective story unfolding over nearly a quarter of a century of intensive research. It is also a story of courage, fortitude and endurance and of one man’s will to survive against seemingly insurmountable odds. Bomber Command’s horrific loss rate during the Second World War cannot be underestimated. Of the 120,000 young aircrew who served, 55,373 were to perish, most of them losing their lives over the night skies of Europe. The Battle of the Ruhr, the campaign to destroy the industrial heartland of Germany which raged between March and July 1943, was both savage in intensity and costly in terms of aircrew. Prospects for survival for anyone involved in operational flying with Bomber Command at that time were particularly bleak. Young aircrew could expect a lifespan measured in terms of weeks where seemingly only a fiery death in an exploding aircraft or captivity as a Prisoner of War awaited. It is with this period that the book is primarily concerned and, more specifically, with the crew of Halifax JB869 of 102 Squadron, of which the author’s father was the navigator, and its loss on the night of 4 May 1943. He survived baling out and, later, an attempted lynching on the ground to become a Prisoner of War. But his escape from his shattered aircraft was only the first of many episodes in his two and a half years of captivity that would see him pushed to the limits of endurance and face death more than once. Like so many veterans the author’s father chose not to speak about his wartime experiences until quite late in his life and it was only after his death and the chance discovery of an archive of letters, logbooks, accounts and other material that the full story of his incredible series of escapes came to light. Through extensive research, including face-to-face interviews and correspondence with a significant number of ex-aircrew, the author has painstakingly pieced together the complete story of the crew of this aircraft, identifying and contacting relatives of each crew member and, for some, bringing closure after decades of not knowing how (or in some cases where) their loved one had met their deaths. |
| roger bushell grave: Testamenta Eboracensia York (England) District probate registry, 1884 |
| roger bushell grave: Testamenta Eboracensia of wills registered at York illustrative of the history, manners, language, statistics, &c., of the province of York, from the year MCCC downwards Surtees Society, 1884 |
| roger bushell grave: Publications of the Surtees Society , 1884 |
| roger bushell grave: Testamenta Eboracensia, Or Wills Registered at York: 1509-1534 , 1884 |
| roger bushell grave: Battles Over Britain Guy De la Bédoyère, 2000 An archaeologist and historian by training (who has recently qualified as a pilot), Guy de la Bédoyère realized the information that archaeology could bring to the study and recreation of all aspects of the air war--from the scarred masonry of St. Clement Danes, damaged in the London blitz, to the torn metal of an engine in a Kent Battle of Britain museum. Excavations of individual planes--a Spitfire, Hurricane, and Messerschmitt--are described in detail. The author also looks at other physical remains of the Battle of Britain and of the Blitz--the airfields, signs of war damage in city centers, and the evidence of civil defense. |
| roger bushell grave: Resting Places Scott Wilson, 2016-09-05 In its third edition, this massive reference work lists the final resting places of more than 14,000 people from a wide range of fields, including politics, the military, the arts, crime, sports and popular culture. Many entries are new to this edition. Each listing provides birth and death dates, a brief summary of the subject's claim to fame and their burial site location or as much as is known. Grave location within a cemetery is provided in many cases, as well as places of cremation and sites where ashes were scattered. Source information is provided. |
| roger bushell grave: Testamenta Eboracensia York (England) District Probate Registry, 2018-02-09 This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. |
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| roger bushell grave: The Great Escape Ted Barris, 2013-09-16 A unique retelling of WWII’s most dramatic escape, told through first-hand recollections of the soldiers who experienced it. On the night of March 24, 1944, 80 Commonwealth airmen crawled through a 336-foot-long tunnel and slipped into the forest beyond the wire of Stalag Luft III, a German POW compound near Sagan, Poland. The event became known as &8220;The Great Escape,&8220; an intricate breakout more than a year in the making, involving as many as 2,000 POWs working with extraordinary coordination, intelligence, and daring. Yet within a few days, all but three of the escapees were recaptured. Subsequently, 50 were murdered, cremated, and buried in a remote corner of the prison camp. But most don’t know the real story behind The Great Escape. Now, on the eve of its 70th anniversary, Ted Barris writes of the key players in the escape attempt, those who got away, those who didn’t, and their families at home. Barris marshals groundbreaking research into a compelling firsthand account. For the first time, The Great Escape retells one of the most astonishing episodes in WWII directly through the eyes of those who experienced it. Joint Winner of the Libris Award for Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2014 Globe and Mail Bestseller Toronto Star Bestseller |
| roger bushell grave: De allierte slår tilbake All Verdens Historie, 2020-07-29 Den 27. januar 1944 erklærte Stalin Leningrad for befridd. Etter to og et halvt års beleiring trakk vernemakten seg tilbake. Den røde armé forfulgte de motløse tyske soldatene som på bare tre dager ble drevet 100 kilometer vestover. Oppmuntret av seieren besluttet general Govorov å befri Estland. Men i slaget om elven Narva satte tyskerne en stopper for planene hans, og frontlinjen stoppet midlertidig opp. Men tyskerne var ennå hardt trengt fra alle kanter. På D-dagen greide de allierte å sette i land 150 000 soldater på strendene i Normandie, og i Sør-Europa sloss britiske og amerikanske styrker seg opp gjennom Italia. Krigslykken hadde for alvor snudd. I sjuende bind av EN VERDEN I KRIG følger vi aksemaktenes tilbakegang. All verdens historie tar deg med på en halsbrekkende reise til fortiden, slik at du kan ta del i historiens største begivenheter. Bli med tilbake i tiden – til frontlinjene under andre verdenskrig, vikingenes herjing og egypternes gudedyrkelse. All verdens historie er for dem som vil vite mer om fortidens spennende og dramatiske begivenheter. |
| roger bushell grave: Transactions of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society , 1888 |
| roger bushell grave: A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles , 1897 |
| roger bushell grave: De allierede slår tilbage Alt Om Historie, 2020-06-03 Den 27. januar 1944 erklærer Stalin Leningrad for befriet. Efter to et halvt års belejring trækker Værnemagten sig tilbage. Den Røde Hær forfølger de modløse tyske soldater, der på bare tre dage bliver drevet 100 kilometer vestpå. Opmuntret af sejren beslutter den russiske general Govorov at befri Estland. Men i slaget om floden Narva spænder tyskerne ben for hans planer, og fronten går midlertidigt i stå. Men tyskerne er stadig trængt fra alle sider. På D-dag lykkes det de vestallierede at få 150.000 soldater i land på Normandiets strande, og i Sydeuropa strider britiske og amerikanske styrker sig op gennem Italien. Krigslykken er for alvor vendt. I syvende bind af EN VERDEN I KRIG følger vi Aksemagternes tilbagegang. Alt om Historie tager dig med på en halsbrækkende rejse til tidligere tider, så du kan nyde historiens største begivenheder. Følg med tilbage i tiden – tilbage til frontlinjerne af 2. verdenskrig, vikingernes angreb og tilbedelsen af egypterne. Alt om historie er for dem, der vil vide mere om de spændende, dramatiske begivenheder i fortiden. |
| roger bushell grave: A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, James Augustus Henry Murray, Henry Bradley, Sir William Alexander Craigie, Charles Talbut Onions, 1897 |
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| roger bushell grave: For Reel Harold Schechter, David Everitt, 2000 Profiles the real persons who influenced the creation of films such as The Fugitive, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Saving Private Ryan. More are included. |
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| roger bushell grave: Irresolute Clay Richard Macrory Hon KC, 2020-04-30 At a time of profound change and rethinking, this book provides insights into how environmental law in the UK has developed into its current form, and considers challenges it will face in the future. Irresolute Clay is not a legal history or textbook, nor a conventional set of legal memoirs. Instead it offers a personal account of the inside stories as experienced by one of the key architects of contemporary environmental law. Taking a thematic approach, it charts fundamental tenets of the subject (such as environmental sanctions, the European dimension, developing the academic discipline of environmental law, and environmental courts and tribunals), from the beginnings of the modern environmental law era in the 1970s to the present day. |
| roger bushell grave: The Longest Tunnel Alan Burgess, 1990 Recounts the escape attempt of seventy-six Allied POWs, three of whom made it to safety, and describes the trial of the Gestapo who killed recaptured POWs |
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| roger bushell grave: The Visitation of the County of Somerset in the Year 1623 Frederic Thomas Colby, 2024-06-18 Reprint of the original, first published in 1876. |
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Oct 19, 2014 · 每个字母应该怎么读，是有具体规定的。 其中，有相当长一段时间（1943-1956）英美军事人员都用“roger”指代字母“r”。
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1、Roger 罗杰： 1999年的《星际大战：威胁潜伏》中，反派的战斗机器人相当的傻气，一直说着“Roger ！Roger！”，也就成了著名的文化基因。 “Roger”是“我收到你的讯息”的简写，其实原意 …
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copy指收到了对方说的话，roger不但是收到，而且有“理解并且会遵照执行”的意味。 具体来说，说话者和接收者如果是平级的，比如都是士兵，警员，那么这两个词一般是可以通用的。 如果 …
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英语口语中表明「收到」时所说的「Roger that」中「roger」是怎 …
Oct 19, 2014 · 每个字母应该怎么读，是有具体规定的。 其中，有相当长一段时间（1943-1956）英美军事人员都用“roger”指代字母“r”。
在军事术语中，Roger和Copy有什么区别？ - 知乎
1、Roger 罗杰： 1999年的《星际大战：威胁潜伏》中，反派的战斗机器人相当的傻气，一直说着“Roger ！Roger！”，也就成了著名的文化基因。 “Roger”是“我收到你的讯息”的简写，其实原意 …
Remove Jolly Roger Virus – Restore .Locked Files
Dec 30, 2022 · Jolly Roger is the name of a new ransomware cryptovirus. This ransomware is a variant of the EDA2 open-source project. The virus places the extension .locked after encryption …
.ROGER Virus File (Dharma Ransomware) – Removal (Update Jan.
Dec 30, 2022 · The .ROGER files virus is a ransomware from the Crysis/Dharma family. It is extremely dangerous ransomware due to the fact that it encrypts personal files located on the …
電影里有roger that 和copy that兩者在什麼情況下用? - 知乎
copy指收到了对方说的话，roger不但是收到，而且有“理解并且会遵照执行”的意味。 具体来说，说话者和接收者如果是平级的，比如都是士兵，警员，那么这两个词一般是可以通用的。 如果说话者和接 …
什么是分子胶，和PROTAC有什么区别？靶向蛋白降解剂的原理及 …
Created by Roger B. Dodd 通过这一机制，细胞能够精确地调控蛋白质的稳定性和代谢。 这一发现的重要性不仅对于生物学的理解，还在药物研发和治疗疾病方面具有深远的影响。
