Paul Brickhill

Paul Brickhill
Brickhill c. 1940s
BornPaul Chester Jerome Brickhill
(1916-12-20)20 December 1916
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died23 April 1991(1991-04-23) (aged 74)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Notable worksThe Great Escape
The Dam Busters
Reach for the Sky
Spouses
Margot Slater
(m. 1950; div. 1964)
Children2

Paul Chester Jerome Brickhill (20 December 1916  23 April 1991) was an Australian fighter pilot, prisoner of war, and author who wrote The Great Escape, The Dam Busters, and Reach for the Sky.