In 1940, Bill Ash sacrificed his American citizenship to join in the fight against Hitler. He flew Spitfires for Britain as a fighter pilot. Shot down over France in March 1942, he evaded capture for months before being betrayed. Tortured and sentenced to death he was saved from the firing squad by the Luftwaffe and by Stalag Luft III, the "Greaf Escape" prison camp. He attempted over a dozen break-outs and is one of the war's greatest escapees.
