Alfred George Fripp (13 June 1914 - 3 January 2013), known as ‘Alfie “ or ”Bill ’, was a squadron leader in the British Royal Air Force and a flight sergeant in World War II. He was shot down by a German Luftwaffe ME-109 in October 1939 and held in twelve different prisoner of war camps, including Stalag Luft III, later the scene of the ‘Great Escape’. The last of the ‘39s’ (who were captured in the first year of the war), he was the oldest surviving and longest serving British POW.
