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Revision as of 19:35, 19 January 2008 by Michael Drew (talk | contribs) (Created Article)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Bertram Arthur James, MC, RAF (17 April 1915 - 18 January 2008) was a British survivor of The Great Escape.
Early Life
was born in India where his father was a tea-planter. He was educated at King’s School, Canterbury, and worked in British Columbia from 1934 until volunteering for flying training with the RAF in 1939.
Military Career
He was awarded the Military Cross and mentioned in dispatches for his escape attempts.
Granted a regular commission in the RAF he retired as a squadron leader in 1958. He was the general-secretary of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office-sponsored Great Britain-USSR Association, until joining the Diplomatic Service in 1964. He held posts in Africa, Western and Eastern Europe and London. He retired in 1975, when he visited Sachsenhausen with Jack Churchill and other survivors. He served as the British representative on the International Sachsenhausen Committee until shortly before his death.
He is survived by his wife, Madge, whom he married in 1946. Their son predeceased him.
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