The Lost Airman : A True Story of Escape from Nazi Occupied France (Hardcover)

from jamespurcell

Well narrated and interesting look at the significant and dangerous work done by the French Resistance to assist Allied airmen to escape to Spain. Vichy and Gestapo agents were indiscriminate and ruthless in pursuing and exterminating all who opposed them in Occupied France. The determination and...

from Stbalbach

The Lost Airman is by the grandson of an American airman who was downed over France during WWII. It is based on private memoirs and interviews. The story is unsurprisingly thrilling given the subject. It is not a classic but well told and very interesting. There may be some fictive elements, goin...

from buffalogr

Interesting look at the significant and dangerous work done by the French Resistance to assist Allied airmen to escape to Spain during WWII..There's a lot about the French Resistance fighters who risked and many gave their lives or were tortured terrible for helping the Airmen get to Spain and ho...

from ikeman100

Outstanding! Great book about an American airman shot down in France in WWII. Amazing true story and good history. This book explains a lot about occupied France and attempts to get downed airman back to England. It also gives a good account of the French resistance.

from ikeman100

Outstanding! Great book about an American airman shot down in France in WWII. Amazing true story and good history. This book explains a lot about occupied France and attempts to get downed airman back to England. It also gives a good account of the French resistance.