Stories from St Paul's: Billy Fiske

Stories from St Paul's - Season 2 On the anniversary of the Battle of Britain, find out more about Billy Fiske, an American citizen who died so that England might live. Fiske was an American solider and Olympic gold medalist for the American bobsleigh team. He claimed to be Canadian so he could join the Royal Air Force, and became one of the first American pilots killed in action during World War II during the Battle of Britain. He is buried in the churchyard of St Mary and St Blaise in Boxgrove, Sussex, and remembered with a memorial in the Crypt, unveiled in 1941, which reads "An American citizen who died that England might live." His RAF flying wings are located below this plaque.