Free to Fight Again: RAF Escapes and Evasions 1940-45
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Free to Fight Again: RAF Escapes and Evasions 1940-45 by Alan W Cooper
To survive baling out from a doomed aircraft or a crash-landing in enemy occupied territory certainly required a large element of luck. To then manage to return to Allied shores inevitably needed considerably more good fortune and often the assistance of local patriots and resistance workers.This book contains the amazing stories of over seventy such escapes, many first-hand accounts. It includes aircrew who found their way to freedom from Europe and places as far away as the Bay of Bengal. There are stories of hi-jacked aircraft, crossing crocodile infested swamps, evasion by camel and coffin, survival in the jungle and brushes with the Gestapo.Alan Cooper is an English professor at City University of New York's York College. Over the past 20 years, he has served as the chair of the English Department, and he is currently the college's faculty leader.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781844158775 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844158772 |
| Title | Free to Fight Again: RAF Escapes and Evasions 1940-45 |
| Author | Alan W Cooper |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2009-05-20 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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