How very Wagnerian. In a stunning twist of fate and a true triumph over terror, a Black Forest vision is the inspiration for this captivating castle on the Maine coast.

Young Harold Willis was running, tearing, stumbling through enemy territory as he raced for the Rhine and the sanctuary of Switzerland. The dashing American pilot (Harvard ’12), a member of the world-famous Lafayette Escadrille squadron, had been shot down in his Spad biplane behind opposition lines during a dogfight. The aviator was fleeing for his life to freedom after a bold escape from the deadly prison camp in Villingen.  

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