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Yenne Bill - The Ones Who Got Away Mighty Eighth Airmen On The Run In Occupied Europe - Hardcover
Yenne Bill - The Ones Who Got Away Mighty Eighth Airmen On The Run In Occupied Europe - Hardcover
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Description: A remarkable collection of accounts of 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 over the war - torn skies of Europe required skill tenacity and luck. Those who were shot down and evaded capture needed all of that and more if they were to make it back to friendly lines. These are their stories. Each is compiled from the original intelligence debrief written by the pilots or aircrew themselves. Bill Yenne details how a spider web of escape routes sprang up created by the local R sistance. Downed airmen were clothed given false papers and hidden so they could be smuggled back to England. These efforts were then supplemented by Allied intelligence agents. But the risks remained the same. Capture could mean death. Their accounts are sometimes funny often heartbreaking. P - 47 pilot Joel Mc Pherson feigned appendicitis and was able to escape from the local German military hospital after he had his appendix removed. He spent weeks operating as a getaway driver for a Maquis bank robber gang before making it into neutral Spain. Bomber crewmen Fred Hartung and Norman Therrien found refuge at a French ch teau but later nearly froze to death crossing the icy Pyrenees with the Gestapo on their trail. The accounts of these men and others from the Mighty Eighth make this a story of defiance foolhardiness and bravery against the odds.
Title: The Ones Who Got Away Mighty Eighth Airmen On The Run In Occupied Europe
Author(s): Yenne Bill
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781472858719
Pages: 320 Pages, 8-Page Plate Section In Colour
Publication Date: 1/2/2024
Category: Prisoners Of War
Description: A remarkable collection of accounts of 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 over the war - torn skies of Europe required skill tenacity and luck. Those who were shot down and evaded capture needed all of that and more if they were to make it back to friendly lines. These are their stories. Each is compiled from the original intelligence debrief written by the pilots or aircrew themselves. Bill Yenne details how a spider web of escape routes sprang up created by the local R sistance. Downed airmen were clothed given false papers and hidden so they could be smuggled back to England. These efforts were then supplemented by Allied intelligence agents. But the risks remained the same. Capture could mean death. Their accounts are sometimes funny often heartbreaking. P - 47 pilot Joel Mc Pherson feigned appendicitis and was able to escape from the local German military hospital after he had his appendix removed. He spent weeks operating as a getaway driver for a Maquis bank robber gang before making it into neutral Spain. Bomber crewmen Fred Hartung and Norman Therrien found refuge at a French ch teau but later nearly froze to death crossing the icy Pyrenees with the Gestapo on their trail. The accounts of these men and others from the Mighty Eighth make this a story of defiance foolhardiness and bravery against the odds.
Title: The Ones Who Got Away Mighty Eighth Airmen On The Run In Occupied Europe
Author(s): Yenne Bill
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781472858719
Pages: 320 Pages, 8-Page Plate Section In Colour
Publication Date: 1/2/2024
Category: Prisoners Of War
