Year-in-Review: July deaths
Eric Dowling helped plan the mass wartime breakout from a German prison camp that inspired the movie "The Great Escape". In the daring breakout, 76 prisoners escaped from the a prison camp in 1944. All but three were recaptured, and 50 were shot on the orders of Adolf Hitler. Dowling, who passed away on July 21, played a key role. He forged documents, made maps and was nicknamed "Digger" for his work helping to excavate the three escape tunnel. Associated Press
