The Ones Who Got Away: Mighty Eighth Airmen On Run In Occupied Europe Bill Yenne Osprey Publishing Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

A Remarkable Collection Of Accounts Intrepid American Aircrew Shot Down Over Enemy Lines During World War Ii And How They Got Away To Be An Airman In The Eighth Air Force Flying War-Torn Skies Europe Required Skill Tenacity Luck Those Who Were Evaded Capture Needed All That More If Make It Back Friendly These Are Their Stories Each Is Compiled From Original Intelligence Debrief Written By Pilots Or Themselves Bill Yenne Details Spider Web Escape Routes Sprang Up Created Local Résistance Downed Airmen Clothed Given False Papers Hidden So Could Smuggled England Efforts Then Supplemented Allied Agents But Risks Remained Same Mean Death Sometimes Funny Often Heartbreaking P-47 Pilot Joel Mcpherson Feigned Appendicitis Was Able German Military Hospital – After He Had His Appendix Removed Spent Weeks Operating As Getaway Driver For Maquis Bank Robber Gang Before Making Into Neutral Spain Bomber Crewmen Fred Hartung Norman Therrien Found Refuge At French Château Later Nearly Froze Crossing Icy Pyrenees With Gestapo On Trail Men Others Mighty This Story Defiance Foolhardiness Bravery Against Odds Σελίδες: 320 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0430 Διαστάσεις: 15 3X15 3Cm