Escape From Hitler's Reich

Escape From Hitler's Reich Amazing Stories of PoW Escapes by Allied Airmen in WW2 Language:English Format:Hardback Dimensions:6.1" x 9.1" Pages:248 Photos:16 mono images in a central plate section Publisher:Air World ISBN:9781399073202 Item No. 9781399073202 From 1942 until the end of the war in Europe, the aircraft of RAF Bomber Command and the United States’ 8th and 15th Air Forces maintained a twenty-four hour, ‘round-the-clock’ bombing offensive against the Third Reich. However, aircraft and crew casualties were heavy as bomber after bomber succumbed to the Germans’ flak and fighter defenses.For those not killed outright by the onslaught, only baling out – almost inevitably over hostile enemy territory – could offer a hope of survival. For those faced with such sudden leaps into the dangerous unknown over Germany and Occupied Europe, a few were able to evade capture. For the rest, and particularly the injured, capture was immediate and imprisonment inevitable.