Escape from Stalag Luft III The True Story of My Successful Great Escape: The Memoir of Bob Vanderstok
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Produktdetails
Format
ePUB 3
Kopierschutz
Nein
Family Sharing
Nein
Text-to-Speech
Ja
Erscheinungsdatum
12.11.2020
Verlag
Greenhill BooksSeitenzahl
256 (Printausgabe)
Dateigröße
4949 KB
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9781784384357
A memoir of the most decorated pilot in Dutch history and one of the World War II POWs who fled Nazi Germany what is known as "The Great Escape."
On the night of 24 March 1944, Bram Vanderstok was the eighteenth of 76 men who crawled out of Stalag Luft III in Zagan, Poland. The 1963 film
The Great Escapewas largely based on this autobiography but-with Vanderstok's agreement-filmmakers chose to turn his story into an Australian character named Sedgwick, played by James Coburn.
His memoir sets down his wartime adventures before being incarcerated in Stalag Luft III and then describes various escape attempts which culminated with the famous March breakout. After escaping, Vanderstok roamed Europe for weeks before making it back to England. Two months after escaping, he returned to the British no. 91 Squadron. In the following months he flew almost every day to France, escorting bombers and knocking down V1 rockets.
In August 1944, he finally returned to his home. He learned that his two brothers had been killed in concentration camps after being arrested for resistance work. His father had been tortured and blinded by the Gestapo during interrogation. He had never betrayed his son.
"His escapes, his operations as a Spitfire pilot, his experiences as a prisoner of war, and his incredible escape crossing the Pyrenees-all are described in a breathtaking manner which made me read his book through in one sitting." -Prof. Dr. L de Jong, founder/director of the Dutch Institute for War Documentation
"Such a modest man, such a dramatic story-you'll be pulled into this absorbing account." -Jonathan Vance, author of
The True Story of the Great Escape
On the night of 24 March 1944, Bram Vanderstok was the eighteenth of 76 men who crawled out of Stalag Luft III in Zagan, Poland. The 1963 film
The Great Escapewas largely based on this autobiography but-with Vanderstok's agreement-filmmakers chose to turn his story into an Australian character named Sedgwick, played by James Coburn.
His memoir sets down his wartime adventures before being incarcerated in Stalag Luft III and then describes various escape attempts which culminated with the famous March breakout. After escaping, Vanderstok roamed Europe for weeks before making it back to England. Two months after escaping, he returned to the British no. 91 Squadron. In the following months he flew almost every day to France, escorting bombers and knocking down V1 rockets.
In August 1944, he finally returned to his home. He learned that his two brothers had been killed in concentration camps after being arrested for resistance work. His father had been tortured and blinded by the Gestapo during interrogation. He had never betrayed his son.
"His escapes, his operations as a Spitfire pilot, his experiences as a prisoner of war, and his incredible escape crossing the Pyrenees-all are described in a breathtaking manner which made me read his book through in one sitting." -Prof. Dr. L de Jong, founder/director of the Dutch Institute for War Documentation
"Such a modest man, such a dramatic story-you'll be pulled into this absorbing account." -Jonathan Vance, author of
The True Story of the Great Escape
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