Paul Brickhill

Emerging from a modest Sydney upbringing, he left school in 1931, entered journalism as a copy boy, and later underwent fighter-pilot training under the Empire Air Training Scheme before serving with No 92 Squadron RAF in North Africa. After being shot down in 1943, he spent the remainder of World War II as a prisoner at Stalag Luft III, where he helped organize escape efforts and gathered account… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources