Sergeant Frank Ashleigh, youngest airman involved in Operation Market Garden, dies at 98

Sergeant Frank Ashleigh took part in the largest airborne assault in history in September 1944. After being captured, he spent time in Stalag Luft III, made famous by the 'Great Escape' of 1944.

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