Shot Down and on the Run
Author | : Graham Pitchfork |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2017-07-27 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781472827210 |
ISBN-13 | : 147282721X |
Rating | : 4/5 (21X Downloads) |
Download or read book Shot Down and on the Run written by Graham Pitchfork and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-27 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.