The Lost Airman - A True Story of Escape from Nazi-Occupied France

by Seth Meyerowitz with Peter Stevens Paperback: 320 pages This item is not eligible for discounts unless explicitly mentioned in promotional offers Product Description Learn More This is the remarkable, untold story of World War II American Air Force turret-gunner Staff Sergeant Arthur Meyerowitz, who was shot down over Nazi-occupied France and evaded Gestapo pursuers for more than six months before escaping to freedom. The Bronx-born top turret-gunner was one of only two crewmen who escaped death or immediate capture on the ground, when their plane was shot down near Cognac, France, in 1943. After fleeing the wreck, Staff Sergeant Meyerowitz knocked on the door of an isolated farmhouse, whose owners hastily took him in. Fortunately, his hosts had a tight connection to the French resistance group Morhange and its founder, Marcel Taillandier, who arranged for transfers among safe houses in southern France, shielding Meyerowitz from the Gestapo. Based on recently declassified mate