On February 9, 1944, Lt. Bob Hoover of the U.S. 52nd Fighter Group was flying his 59th combat mission when his Spitfire was shot down over Southern France. Captured by German forces, he spent more than a year as a POW at Stalag Luft I. In April 1945, chaos erupted inside the camp. While prisoners rioted, Hoover seized the moment—scaling the fence and escaping with Lt. Jerry Ennis and a Canadian airman. After splitting up, Hoover and Ennis hid inside a German farmhouse, sleeping under piles of ha
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