Tony Snell (RAF officer)

Flight Lieutenant Anthony Noel Snell, 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 later recaptured. He escaped captivity again while in Italy and became one of the very few men awarded the DSO solely for escaping from the enemy.