Alfie Fripp
Deceased Person
1914 – 2013
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Who was Alfie Fripp?
Alfred George Fripp, known as "Alfie" or "Bill", was a British Royal Air Force squadron leader who was a flight sergeant during the Second World War. He was shot down by the Luftwaffe in 1939 and held in twelve different prisoner of war camps, including Stalag Luft III, later the site of the "The Great Escape". As the last of the "39ers", he was the oldest surviving and longest serving British POW.
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