First hand accounts of adventure and bravery from RAF pilots shot down and forced to flee enemy forces. 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.

First hand accounts of adventure and bravery from RAF pilots shot down and forced to flee enemy forces.

About the Author
Graham Pitchfork MBE served in the RAF for 36 years and was a Director of Military Intelligence at the Ministry of Defence. He is the author of many books including this book's companion volume Shot Down and on the Run.

Reviews
a book of quality ... informs, entertains and uplifts the spirits * Royal Air Force Historical Society *
some remarkable stories ... a fitting memorial * Air Chief Marshal Sir Lewis Hodges *



Book Information
ISBN 9781472827227
Author Air Commodore Graham Pitchfork
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 252g