Escape to Freedom

An Airman's Tale of Capture, Escape and Evasion

Nonfiction, History, Military, World War II, Modern
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Author: Tony Johnson ISBN: 9781783379309
Publisher: Pen and Sword Publication: July 3, 2007
Imprint: Pen and Sword Language: English
Author: Tony Johnson
ISBN: 9781783379309
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Publication: July 3, 2007
Imprint: Pen and Sword
Language: English

The author was shot down in his Wellington bomber on his third operational mission. Captured shortly after, he was interrogated in Dulag Luft before being sent to Stalag Luft 1 on the Baltic where he stayed from April to September 1944. As the noose tightened on Germany, Tony and his fellow kriegies were kept on the move.

He describes the increasingly harsh conditions he and his fellow endured, including the infamous Long March of the winter of 1945. He twice escaped, the second time successfully reaching the Allied Second Army.

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The author was shot down in his Wellington bomber on his third operational mission. Captured shortly after, he was interrogated in Dulag Luft before being sent to Stalag Luft 1 on the Baltic where he stayed from April to September 1944. As the noose tightened on Germany, Tony and his fellow kriegies were kept on the move.

He describes the increasingly harsh conditions he and his fellow endured, including the infamous Long March of the winter of 1945. He twice escaped, the second time successfully reaching the Allied Second Army.

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