Coffin corner boys : one bomber, ten men, and their harrowing escape from Nazi-occupied France / Car...
Coffin corner boys : one bomber, ten men, and their harrowing escape from Nazi-occupied France / Car...
Coffin corner boys : one bomber, ten men, and their harrowing escape from Nazi-occupied France / Carole Engle Avriett with Capt. George W. Starks, WWII B-17 Pilot, the Mighty Eighth ; foreword by Lt. Gen. E.G. "Buck" Shuler, Jr., former Commander Eighth Air Force.
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Washington, DC : Regnery History, 2018.
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G 2018/3536
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English
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Physical content
xxi, 266 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Part I. Beginnings -- Reconnecting: the "search" trip -- Beginning at sixteen -- Only one jump...ever -- Part II. The crew and first days down -- A whistle signal -- Betrayed by the gendarmes -- "Are you Hebrew?" -- Cognac and eggs -- Meeting up with buddies -- Meeting in a shack -- A casket and a b...
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Washington, DC : Regnery History, 2018.
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District of Columbia
Date Published
2018.
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Full title
Coffin corner boys : one bomber, ten men, and their harrowing escape from Nazi-occupied France / Carole Engle Avriett with Capt. George W. Starks, WWII B-17 Pilot, the Mighty Eighth ; foreword by Lt. Gen. E.G. "Buck" Shuler, Jr., former Commander Eighth Air Force.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-261) and index.
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©2018
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G 2018/3536
Record Identifier
74VKVA6BOggM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVA6BOggM
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ISBN
9781621576266 hardcover
1621576264 hardcover
DDC
940.5449730922
MMS ID
991024173016702626
