Free to fight again : RAF escapes and evasions, 1940-1945

411 Pages·2009·5.36 MB·English

by  Cooper

First published in
Great Britain in 2009
By Pen and Sword Aviation An imprint of
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Copyright © Alan W. Cooper 2009
ISBN 978-1-84415-877-5
eISBN 9781844688074
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CONTENTS
List Of Plates
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Royal Air Forces Escaping Society
1 France
2 Belgium
3 The Netherlands
4 Germany
5 Norway and Denmark
6 Italy
7 Greece
8 Poland and Hungary
9 Yugoslavia
10 The Middle East
11 The Far East and the Pacific
Epilogue: The Royal Air Forces Escaping Society
Sources and Acknowledgements
Air Chief Marshal Sir Basil Embry. (RAFES)
Robert Lonsdale. (R.W. Lonsdale)
Denis Crowley-Milling with Nobert Fillerin shortly after the war ended.
Pilot Officer Lewis Hodges at Upper Hayford in 1940. (Sir Lewis Hodges)
Wing Commander Frank Griffiths. (Group Captain Frank Griffiths)
Bob Merlin with Jo Becker and Mrs Merlin after the war. (Bob Merlin)