Tony Snell (RAF officer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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WW2 pilot and escaper
Date of Birth: 19-Mar-1922
Place of Birth: Royal Tunbridge Wells, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 04-Aug-2013
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Tony Snell (RAF officer)
- See also other people called Tony Snell (disambiguation).Flight Lieutenant Anthony Noel "Tony" Snell (19 March 1922 – 4 August 2013), was a British RAF pilot during the Second World War.
- He flew in the North African campaign in 1942 and was shot down during the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943.
- Initially captured by the Germans he escaped from a firing squad but was recaptured.
- He again escaped German captivity whilst in Italy and became one of the very few men to be awarded the DSO exclusively for escaping from the enemy.
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