The Cooler King: The True Story of William Ash, the Greatest Escaper of World War II

The true story of an American fighter pilots many famed escape attempts from German POW camps throughout World War IIWhen fighter pilot William Ashs plane was shot down over France in 1942, he was captured by German forces and placed in a Nazi prison camp. But Ash, raised in Texas during the Great Depression, would spend the rest of the war defying the Nazis and striving to escape from every POW camp in which they incarcerated him.Ashs is a saga full of incident and high drama, climaxing in a breakout through a tunnel dug in the latrines of the Oflag XXIB prison camp in Polanda great untold episode of World War II. Alongside William Ash is a cast of fascinating characters, including Roger Bushell, who would go on to lead the Great Escape, and Paddy Barthropp, a dashing Battle of Britain pilot who, despite his very different background, became Ashs best friend and shared many of his adventures.