An edition of The lost airman (2001)

The lost airman

a true story of escape from Nazi-occupied France

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An edition of The lost airman (2001)

The lost airman

a true story of escape from Nazi-occupied France

First edition.
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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.

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English
Pages
299

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Cover of: Lost Airman
Lost Airman: A True Story of Escape from Nazi-Occupied France
2017, Atlantic Books, Limited
in English
Cover of: The lost airman
The lost airman: a true story of escape from Nazi-occupied France
2016
in English - First edition.
Cover of: The Lost Airman
The Lost Airman: A True Story of Escape from Nazi-Occupied France
Nov 15, 2016, Dutton Caliber
paperback
Cover of: Lost Airman
Lost Airman: A True Story of Escape from Nazi-Occupied France
2016, Atlantic Books, Limited
in English
Cover of: The Lost Airman
The Lost Airman: A True Story of Escape from Nazi-occupied France
2001-01-01, Atlantic Books

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Table of 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 the part
A narrow escape
Trouble in Beaumont-de-Lomagne
Death in the Pink City
The Gestapo at the door
Hiding in plain sight
Not a moment too soon
The Maquis
Meet Lieutenant Cleaver
Unlikely friends
"It's time"
Misery in the mountains
"One of the worst days in my life"
Parting ways
A perilous trek
Stranded
Good-bye, Georges Lambert
Death to France
"Welcome back to the war"
"It is therefore SECRET"
Rockaway Beach
Epilogue.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-279).

Other Titles
True story of escape from Nazi-occupied France

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
940.54/4973092, B
Library of Congress
D802.F8 M47 2016, D802.F8M47 2016

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 299 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
299

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27196776M
Internet Archive
lostairmantruest0000meye
ISBN 10
1592409296
ISBN 13
9781592409297
LCCN
2015025114
OCLC/WorldCat
921994836

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