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Yenne, Bill, 1949- author.
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United States. Air Force. Air Force, 8th -- Airmen -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Europe.
Escapes -- History -- 20th century.
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The ones who got awa...
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The ones who got away : mighty Eighth Airmen on the run in occupied Europe / Bill Yenne.
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Yenne, Bill, 1949- author.
Oxford : Osprey Publishing, 2024.
Subjects
United States. Air Force. Air Force, 8th -- Airmen -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Europe.
Escapes -- History -- 20th century.
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9781472858719 (hbk.) :
1472858719 (hbk.)
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320 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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"These are the stories of the ones who got away, of intrepid airmen who eluded the prison camps of an enemy who controlled a continent. These are war stories, not of great armies or even of platoon-sized units. These are stories of men on their own, or of small bands of brothers numbering just two or three--all of them facing the challenges of occupied lands where danger lurked at every turn. 50,000 aircrew from the American Eighth Air Force were downed over Occupied Europe. Of these, only around 3,000 got away. The fact that fewer than 1 in every 16 aircrew managed to evade capture gives some indication of how perilously difficult it was. Bill Yenne details how a spider web of escape routes sprang up, created by the local resistance groups across the Netherlans, Belgium, and France. Downed airmen were clothed, given false papers, and hidden so they could be smuggled back to England. The first improptu efforts were later supplemented by Allied intelligence agents. But the risks remained the same. Capture could mean death for both the airman and the civilians who had dared to help him. Those who were lucky enough to make it back to friendly lines were eventually debriefed and an official Escape and Evasion Report compiled. Decades later, these tales of bravery have been resurrected from the archives, their words still ablaze with adrenalin. Bill Yenne's The Ones Who Got Away preserves the indomitable spirit of these airmen and the unwavering bonds of those who helpd them escape"--Provided by publisher.
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