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Shot Down and on the Run: True Stories of RAF and Commonwealth Aircrews of WWII

by Graham Pitchfork · 2007

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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.

Subject
biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
survivalsurvivalMore like thisLess of this
Setting
World War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of this20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisCanadaCanadaMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 304 pages

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