Franchi, there were lots of Americans among the 10,000 Allied airmen in Stalag Luft III. As I write there's a portrait on the wall of my father as a POW in Stalag Luft III by Lieutenant John Lundquist USAAF. From all over the United States, some 240 pilots made their way to Britain when she stood alone against Germany, many becoming aces in the RAF Eagle squadrons 1940-42 and later the USAAF. They were delighted to get away from Brewsters and into Hurricanes. Many Americans joined the Royal Canadian Air Force through a recruiting program set up in New York City under the command of Canada's leading First World War ace Billy Bishop, 72 kills. (I just googled the number of Americans in the camp: 7,500.)

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