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Great Escape Tunneller Dies, Aged 95

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Old 3rd Oct 2008, 16:57
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Great Escape Tunneller Dies, Aged 95

Britain's most prolific wartime tunnel-digger and one of the men behind the Great Escape has died aged 95.

Nicknamed The Mole, John Fancy helped dozens of his fellow inmates escape from prisoner-of-war camps in Poland, Lithuania and Germany.

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What a guy , lets hope the Lanc does a fly by on his final day he deserves it R i p Sir
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True Brit.

Bet they can't bury him
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