William Menzies Weekes Fowler (14 July 1914 – 1977) was an English Royal Air Force pilot and author of the cookbook Countryman's Cooking.
A Lancaster bomber pilot in the Second World War, he was shot down in July 1941 over Münster, Germany.
[3] Subsequently, Fowler was detained in several prison camps until he was moved to Stalag Luft III in April 1943.
His writing is studded with amusing anecdotes and his forthright opinions about a wide variety of topics, some of which were considered "racy".
[6][7] Notably, the book details an infamous spoof recipe on cooking cormorant that includes the memorable advice, "hang up by the feet with a piece of wire, soak in petrol and set on fire" (taken from Fowler, 2006).