Bill Ash
Bill Ash | |
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| Born | William Franklin Ash 30 November 1917 Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | 26 April 2014 (aged 96) London, England |
| Occupation | Writer and broadcaster |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | University of Texas Balliol College, Oxford |
| Genre | Novels |
| Spouses | Patricia Rambault, m. 1946, div; Ranjana Sidhanta, m. 1955 |
William Franklin Ash MBE (30 November 1917 – 26 April 2014) was an American-born British writer, broadcaster and Marxist, who served as a fighter pilot with the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II. He was shot down, made a prisoner of war, and was noted as an escaper.