text The lost airman : a true story of escape from Nazi-occupied France
- Summary
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Documents the story of a World War II American Air Force turret-gunner who was one of two escapees when his team's plane was shot down near Cognac in 1943, tracing his harrowing six-month flight to safety across the Pyrenees under constant pursuit by the Gestapo.
- Contents
- Prologue: A needle in a haystack -- "Just a milk run" -- Purple Heart corner -- Hit the silk! -- "What's in his hand?" -- Marcel -- The shed in the woods -- War in the shadows -- "Crazy-mad" -- AKA Georges Lambert -- A long shot at best -- Playing... Read more
- Format
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- Description
- xiv, 299 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Publisher
- 2016
| Library | Location | Status |
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| Interlochen Public LIbrary | Hist Wars Meyerowitz in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
| Library | Location | Status |
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| TADL-IPL | Hist Wars Meyerowitz in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Squadron, 715th Biography
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Taillandier, Marcel 1911-1944
France History German occupation, 1940-1945 Biography