Название: Shot Down: The Secret Diary of One POW’s Long March to Freedom
Автор: Alex Kerr
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473878020
Год: 2016
Формат: AZW3/MOBI/PDF (conv)
Страниц: 199
Размер: 13,1 МБ
Язык: Английский
Alex Kerr's Wellington, a twin-engine bomber, was shot down over Germany in 1941. At first hospitalised with hopes of repatriation, he unexpectedly found himself a prisoner in a German POW camp. Throughout those trying four years he was held captive, Alex kept a secret diary. This book reproduces his diary entries in a fascinating account of all aspects of life in a wartime prison.
He describes being part of the infamous 'Long March' during which he and his comrades were strafed by Allied aircraft; 60 POWs were killed and 100 wounded. Alex escaped the march with a mate, passing through the front lines between the British and German forces to commandeer a German mayor's car and drive back to Brussels to take the next aircraft to freedom.