Spitfire diaries: The strange life in Dublin's PoW camp: "An attempt to recover a Spitfire from a peat bog in Donegal will highlight the peculiar story of the men - both British and German - who spent much of World War II in relative comfort in neighbouring prisoner of war camps in Dublin, writes historian Dan Snow.
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The pilot was 23-year-old Roland 'Bud' Wolfe, an RAF officer from 133 'Eagle' Squadron, a unit entirely composed of Americans.
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On 13 December 1941 he walked straight out of camp and after a meal in a hotel, which he did not pay for, he headed into nearby Dublin and caught the train the next day to Belfast.
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The decision was made to send Wolfe back to The Curragh and internment.
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Finally in 1943, with the US in the war, and the tide slowly turning, The Curragh was closed and the internees returned. Wolfe joined the US Army Air Force and served once again on the front line.
So great was his love of flying that he also served in Korea and even Vietnam. He eventually died in 1994.
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