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he signs up for R.C.A.F after graduating high school
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starts his pilot training he wants to fly in a one seater jet because he can't rely on someone else
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he got his first plane after months of hard training
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after training he flys off to fight in berlin
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captured after a crash and sent to Stalag Luft III and became a prisoner of war
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trying to find a way out he thinks of making a tunnel and the x organization
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the germens found the tunnel and covered up the entrance he is going to wait until the winter to start again
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they pry open to the entrance and the see that the tunnel was in perfect condition
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there were 500 they had to narrow it down to 200 and only 83 got away the other people that tried to escape got shot but he did not get out.
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after the 83 men got out of the camp he got snitched on and he ended up getting sent to salag luft VIII
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after the war they let him leave with train tickets and most to his belongings
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he dies in his sleep because of chronic lung disease but he was a non smoker they think it was all of the sand and dirt he inhaled wile making the tunnel