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Born in Texas in 1917, William Ash worked his way through school and college during the Great Depression, graduating from the University of Texas, Austin. At the outbreak of war in Europe he rode the rails to Canada and enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force. A Spitfire pilot, he saw action with 411 Squadron. Shot down over France in March 1942, he was eventually captured and sent to a succession of POW camps, from which he escaped or attempted escape on a regular basis. At war's end, he was awarded an MBE for his escaping activities. After gaining a further degree at Balliol College, Oxford, Bill worked for the BBC in India, then as a producer for BBC Radio Drama. A writer and journalist, he is also past president of the Writers' Guild. Married to the academic Ranjana Ash, he lives in London. Brendan Foley grew up in Belfast and now divides his time between London and Santa Monica. An award-winning features journalist, he ran a successful communications consultancy and now writes full-time, including fiction, biography and screenplays. His first feature film is currently in pre-production with Affinity Films International. Brendan first met Bill Ash in the 1980s. Inspired by the former pilot's life, he wrote a screenplay of his wartime adventures, then encouraged Bill to tell his story to a wider audience, through Under the Wire.
An astonishing tale - totally spellbinding. I always knew Bill Ash was a special guy but never realised how special... Perhaps his greatest achievement was to emerge from the horrors of the war with his faith in ordinary people enhanced -- ALAN PLATER Well written and exciting... in this remarkable book...there are passages...that make the reader want to stand up and cheer -- CHARLES ROLLINGS, author of WIRE AND WALLS A remarkable story... brilliantly told and with all the authentic sights, sounds and smells of the World War 2 prison camp -- TONY RENNELL, author of THE LAST ESCAPE A life of adventure that will inspire and astonish... Ash is a writer who makes his readers feel as if they're right there beside him through it all -- HOMER HICKAM, author of THE ROCKET BOYS A story of bravery in the face of brutality, of comradeship, of a never-say-die attitude; and running through it is a sense of humour that cheers up the grimmest situation * THE TIMES *
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