Stormkhan
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Factoid:
Peter Butterworth auditioned for a part in the feature film "The Great Escape" but was turned down because he "wasn't convincing as a P.O.W."
During the war he was a pilot officer and shot down in 1940, and after a tunnel escape from the Dulag Luft POW transit camp, he got re-captured and sent to Stalag Luft III which was the factual basis for ... "The Great Escape".
Butterworth was one of the vaulters covering for the escapers during the escape portrayed by the book and film "The Wooden Horse" He auditioned for the film in 1949 but "didn't look convincingly heroic or athletic enough" according to the makers of the film.
Perhaps this post should be cut 'n' pasted to the WTF or the Forgotten History thread?
Peter Butterworth auditioned for a part in the feature film "The Great Escape" but was turned down because he "wasn't convincing as a P.O.W."
During the war he was a pilot officer and shot down in 1940, and after a tunnel escape from the Dulag Luft POW transit camp, he got re-captured and sent to Stalag Luft III which was the factual basis for ... "The Great Escape".
Butterworth was one of the vaulters covering for the escapers during the escape portrayed by the book and film "The Wooden Horse" He auditioned for the film in 1949 but "didn't look convincingly heroic or athletic enough" according to the makers of the film.
Perhaps this post should be cut 'n' pasted to the WTF or the Forgotten History thread?
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