The WWII American B-24 pilot who turned spy, saved 1,000 US POWs from certain death

Trimble achieved mythical status among POWs such that they wept when they saw him – and came begging to his door.

Before his death at the age of 90 Trimble was given a clutch of honors including the Croix de Guerre by the French and the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal and Bronze Star by the US Air Force.

But he was so humble that he only started speaking about his life five years earlier to his son, Lee, who has now written a book about his life.

'Beyond the Call: The True Story of One World War II Pilot's Covert Mission to Rescue POWs on the Eastern Front', tells how Trimble inadvertently became one of the most effective spies of World War II after being duped by his commanders into taking the post.                  Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2967750/The-WWII-American-B-24-pilot-turned-spy-saved-1-000-POWs-certain-death-Soviet-hands-won-medal-medal-never-said-word-wartime-heroism.html#ixzz3SyMNrgmD