Bernard Jordan once seized an Enigma machine from a Nazi U-boat, but it was his solo mission at 89 to abscond from a care home and honour fallen pals that's seen his story immortalised as Michael Caine plays him on screen | Daily Mail Online

Bernard Jordan left his care home on June 5, 2014, determined to honour his fallen pals at the D-Day 70th anniversary in a story now immortalised in film starring Michael Caine