Escape from Hitler's Europe: An American Airman Behind Enemy Lines

by George Watt

Book Overview

"A hell of an adventure story."-Ring Lardner Jr. "A story of what is best in human beings triumphing over what is worst."-John Sayles November 1943: American flyer George Watt parachutes out of his burning warplane and lands in rural Nazi-occupied Belgium. Escape from Hitler's Europe is the incredible story of his getaway-how brave villagers spirited him to Brussels to connect with the Comet Line, a rescue arm of the Belgian resistance. This was a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813191769
• ISBN13: 9780813191768
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher