. . "Alfred George Fripp (13 June 1914 \u20133 January 2013), 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\" (those taken prisoner in the first year of the war), he was the oldest surviving and longest serving British POW."@en . . . . . . "true"@en . . "It is little short of a miracle that I have survived for so long, through a forced landing in the Bay of Biscay in a Scapa flying boat in 1936 whilst ferrying it to Alexandria, to a pre-war crash in a Blenheim Mk I in 1938, through my World War II experiences to the present day."@en . "2013-01-03"^^ . . "Alfie, or Bill"@en . "England"@en . . . . . "Vera Violet Allen"@en . . . "Alfred George Fripp"@en . . . "250"^^ . "right"@en . "right"@en . "Bournemouth, Dorset, England"@en . . . "1914-06-13"^^ . "Laboratory at Brockenhurst College"@en . . "Alfie Fripp"@en . "1930"^^ . . "Alfie Fripp"@en . . . . "Alfred George Fripp (13 June 1914 \u20133 January 2013), 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\" (those taken prisoner in the first year of the war), he was the oldest surviving and longest serving British POW."@en . "565033"^^ . .