Shot down and on the run : true stories of RAF and Commonwealth aircrews of WWII
Pitchfork, Graham2017
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Many POW escape stories are well known, but what about those who miraculously evaded capture in the first place and returned to fight another day? This book tells some of the stories of the thousands of shot-down Commonwealth airmen who got out from behind enemy lines during World War II.
Main title:
Shot down and on the run : true stories of RAF and Commonwealth aircrews of WWII / Air Commodore Graham Pitchfork MBE, BA, FRAeS ; foreword by Air Chief Marshall Sir Lewis Hodges KCB, CBE, DSO*, DFC*.
Author:
Pitchfork, Graham, author
Imprint:
London : Osprey Publishing, 2017.
Collation:
xiv, 258 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: Kew: National Archives, 2003.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781472827227 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.5481940.544
LC class:
D811.A2
Local class:
940.544
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1941728