Tony Snell, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1922)

See also other people called Tony Snell (disambiguation).Flight Lieutenant Anthony Noel "Tony" Snell (19 March 1922 – 4 August 2013), was a British RAF pilot during the Second World War. He flew in the North African campaign in 1942 and was shot down during the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943. Initially captured by the Germans he escaped from a firing squad but was recaptured. He again escaped German captivity whilst in Italy and became one of the very few men to be awarded the DSO exclusively for escaping from the enemy.