Shot Down and on the Run: True Stories of RAF and Commonwealth Aircrews of WWII
Shot Down and on the Run: True Stories of RAF and Commonwealth Aircrews of WWII by Graham Pitchfork
English | 27 July 2017 | ISBN: 190561506X | ASIN: B06Y1DK1SK | 272 Pages | AZW3 | 1.65 MB
English | 27 July 2017 | ISBN: 190561506X | ASIN: B06Y1DK1SK | 272 Pages | AZW3 | 1.65 MB
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.