Ex- RAF Sqn Ldr and longest-serving British POW dies at 98

Alfie Fripp, thought to be the oldest surviving and longest-serving British prisoner of war, and a former RAF Sqn Ldr has died at the age of 98. Alfie Fripp was one of the '39ers', the unfortunate few taken prisoner in the first year of World War II. Remembering his former crew mate in 2009, Alfie said: "We were forced to hedge hop at six feet to avoid being attacked again by a Messerschmitt in a cloudless sky...More information »