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Wally Floody was a mining tunnel engineer in Ontario, Canada before joining the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1940. Floody flew Spitfires in the 401 Squadron until he was shot down and became a prisoner of war on October 28th 1941. For four years, he made many escape attempts and dug a number of tunnels before being sent to Stalag Luft III where his greatest escape took place. Floody designed and built three tunnels called "Tom", "Dick" and "Harry", both going 30 feet below ground, heading straight for the woods. Unfortunately, one of the tunnels was discovered and he was sent to a different POW Camp
Wally Floody was a mining tunnel engineer in Ontario, Canada before joining the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1940. Floody flew Spitfires in the 401 Squadron until he was shot down and became a prisoner of war on October 28th 1941. For four years, he made many escape attempts and dug a number of tunnels before being sent to Stalag Luft III where his greatest escape took place. Floody designed and built three tunnels called "Tom", "Dick" and "Harry", both going 30 feet below ground, heading straight for the woods. Unfortunately, one of the tunnels was discovered and he was sent to a different POW Camp before the escape began. When the war reached its end, Floody was set free and and returned to Canada where he lived the rest of his life. In 1963, he was hired as the technical advisor for John Sturges' motion picture version of Paul Brickhill's novel "The Great Escape". He returned to Germany where he worked full time for a whole year making sure the film was authentic to the actual escape.
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