Escape from Arnhem: A Glider Pilot's Story

by Godfrey Freeman

This is the remarkable true story of a young army glider pilot's experience of the last days in the defense of Arnhem Bridge, his eventual capture and then escape to be adopted by the Resistance, the hair-raising journey through occupied Europe and his eventual return to the UK.

After capture Freeman was first taken to Apeldoorn where he was hospitalized, claiming shell-shock. Although quite sane, he feigned trauma with escape in mind, until...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848841477
• ISBN13: 9781848841475
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Pen and Sword Aviation
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"