Bill Ash escaping activities. He ended the war as a flight lieutenant. In August 2015, the BBC reported: "When Ash died aged 96 last year his obituaries noted that he was said to have been the model for Virgil Hilts, the lean, leather-jacketed airman played by Steve McQueen in the 1963 film "The Great Escape"". The character Hilts, nicknamed "The Cooler King" because of the time he spends in the prison camp's punishment block (which the prisoners call the "cooler") for his persistent escape attempts, steals a motorbike and tries to escape to Switzerland but is caught while using it to jump
The Great Escape (Boys Like Girls song) The Great Escape (Boys Like Girls song) "The Great Escape" is the second single from Boys Like Girls' eponymous debut album, and is also their first single to chart on the "Billboard" Hot 100, peaking at 23. The single has been certified Platinum and gold by the RIAA. According to the song's writer Martin Johnson in a lyric feature on PlayPro.com, the lyrical content of the song is about his graduating from high school. The music video was directed by Alan Ferguson and was filmed in January 2007. Released in late February 2007, it was added to MTV playlists and