Tale of courage as enemy attack causes 100th BG pilot to become POW at Stalag Luft III

U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Robert “Bob” Wolff, second right, his brother Allan, right, and Archie Mayo, left, film director and friend of Bob Wolff’s father, celebrate at a nightclub in New York after Bob returned to the States after the end of World War II, June 5, 1945. He was a B-17 Flying Fortress pilot with the 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts, England, and was kept as a prisoner-of-war at Stalag Luft III, Germany, for approximately 18 months. (Photo courtesy of Nancy Phelps and Bob Wolff)

PHOTO BY: Courtesy photo from Nancy Phelps and Bob Wolff
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