article_snippet.sent: ‘The First Great Escape’ Douglas Bader's story  is remarkable enough.
article_snippet.sent: But now another astonishing but little-known chapter of Douglas Bader war career is to be told in a Hollywood film being dubbed ‘The First Great Escape’.
article_snippet.sent: Douglas Bader – who lost Douglas Bader legs in a flying accident in 1931 – was shot down over France in August 1941 and ended up in a German prison camp in Warburg.
article_snippet.sent: It was there that the officer, who always made light of Douglas Bader disability and refused to even use a stick, was involved in a mass break-out that pre-dated the break in 1944 immortalised in The Great Escape starring Steve McQueen and Richard Attenborough.
article_snippet.sent: This latest look at Douglas Bader exploits is based on a book on The Great Escape: Bader called Zero Night.
article_snippet.sent: The fighter ace went on to describe The fighter ace as ‘the most brilliant escape conception of this war’.
article_snippet.sent: The Great Escape: Douglas Bader's story predates the break in 1944 immortalised in the film starring Steve McQueen and Richard Attenborough (pictured) Douglas Bader was among those recaptured but was such a nuisance to the Germans that Douglas Bader ended up in the ‘escape-proof’ Colditz Castle and remained in captivity until the end of the war.
article_snippet.sent: Douglas Bader described what happened as 'the most brilliant escape conception of the war'.
article_snippet.sent: Bader later ended up in Colditz and had Bader tin legs taken away to ensure Bader remained in captivity until the end of the war.
highlights_snippet.sent: Douglas Bader recovered from having both legs amputated to become one of Britain’s greatest fighter aces .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Was shot down over France in 1941 and ended up in German prison camp .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: And Douglas Bader was involved in a mass break-out that pre-dated the break in 1944 immortalised in The Great Escape .
  