![]() James Clavell – prisoner in Singapore, based his novel King Rat on his experiences during WWII.Winston Churchill – during the Second Boer War escaped. ![]() Anthony Chenevix-Trench – future headmaster of Eton, artillery officer, prisoner 1942-45 at Changi Prison and on the Burma Railway.Hubert Brooks – Canadian RCAF officer, partisan in Home Army in occupied Poland, awarded Military Cross and the Polish Cross of Merit with Swords.Peter Butterworth – actor, Fleet Air Arm officer, shot down 1940, imprisoned in Stalag Luft III.Masterminded the "Great Escape" from Stalag Luft III in 1944, but was one of the 50 escapees to be recaptured and subsequently murdered by the Gestapo. Roger Bushell - South African-born RAF Squadron Leader.Frank Buckles – the last surviving American veteran of WWI, was a civilian during WWII when imprisoned by the Japanese.Fernand Braudel – historian, was a POW in WWII.Gregory "Pappy" Boyington - US Marine Corps Fighter Ace during WWII, Medal of Honor recipient.Leonard Birchall – the "Saviour of Ceylon".Escapee #44 of the "Great Escape" from Stalag Luft III, successfully made it to Sweden with Jens Müller Per Bergsland - Norwegian pilot of No.Douglas Bader – British fighter pilot, Wing commander in Battle of Britain.– Navy aviator, Vietnam War POW, held for 8 years, second longest period as a POW in American history (after Floyd James Thompson) Ron Arad – Israeli fighter pilot, shot down over Lebanon in 1986 not seen since 1988 and is presumed dead.
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