Shot down and on the run : the RAF and Commonwealth aircrews who got home from behind enemy lines, 1940-1945
Pitchfork, Graham2003
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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 : the RAF and Commonwealth aircrews who got home from behind enemy lines, 1940-1945 / Graham Pitchfork ; foreword by Sir Lewis Hodges.
Author:
Imprint:
Kew : National Archives, 2003.
Collation:
xvi, 288 p. : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-282) and index.
ISBN:
9781903365533 (hbk)
Local class:
940.5481
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
440011