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
Houdini's Great Escape Houdini's Great Escape Houdini's Great Escape, also known as "Boo-dini" during Fright Fest and "Houdini - The Great Escape" at Six Flags New England, are indoor Vekoma Madhouse attractions at Six Flags Great Adventure and Six Flags New England. The ride is located in Great Adventure's Fantasy Forest section and New England's Crack Axle Canyon area. The attraction opened at both parks in 1999, and was standing but not operating at Great Adventure from 2008 - 2009 but was opened again due to popular demand. The area where the Garden of Marvels and Shockwave roller coaster were located was cleared