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

Thousands of airmen shot down over enemy soil between 1940 and 1945 miraculously escaped capture. This compelling narrative reveals their stories, based on first-hand interviews, photographs and official documents, featuring heroes from Britain, Canada, Australia and other Commonwealth countries. These men knew extreme adversity: hunger, thirst, injury, isolation and the constant fear of capture. They also knew great kindness from the local people who risked everything to help them. Their journeys to safety - often across savage terrain - tested human endurance and ingenuity to the very limit.

About the author

Graham Pitchfork MBE served in the RAF for 36 years and was a Director of Military Intelligence at the Ministry of Defence. He is the author of many books including Shot Down and in the Drink and Shot Down and on the Run.

Product details

• Authors: Air Commodore Graham Pitchfork, Graham Pitchfork, Pitchfork Graham
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9781472827227
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-2722-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book; True war & combat stories, HISTORY / Military / Veterans, Air forces & warfare, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Air forces and warfare, Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Military veterans, True war and combat stories, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Military / Aviation & Space