Air Commodore Graham Pitchfork

Broschiertes Buch

Shot Down and on the Run

True Stories of RAF and Commonwealth Aircrews of WWII

Beschreibung

Thousands of airmen shot down over enemy soil between 1940 and 1945 miraculously escaped capture. This compelling narrative reveals their stories, based on first-hand interviews, photographs and official documents, featuring heroes from Britain, Canada, Australia and other Commonwealth countries. These men knew extreme adversity: hunger, thirst, injury, isolation and the constant fear of capture. They also knew great kindness from the local people who risked everything to help them. Their journeys to safety - often across savage terrain - tested human endurance and ingenuity to the very limit.

Autor

Graham Pitchfork MBE served in the RAF for 36 years and was a Director of Military Intelligence at the Ministry of Defence. He is the author of many books including this book's companion volume Shot Down and on the Run.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 130mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 252g
• ISBN-13: 9781472827227
• ISBN-10: 1472827228
• Artikelnr.: 48073825