Shot Down: A Secret Diary of One POWs Long March to Freedom
- ISBN-10
- 1925275175
- ISBN-13
- 9781925275179
- Series
- Shot Down
- Category
- Prisoners of war
- Pages
- 199
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015
- Author
- Alex Kerr
Description
Alex's Wellington, a twin-engine bomber, was shotdown over Germany in 1941. At first hospitalised withhopes of repatriation, he unexpectedly found himselfa prisoner in a German POW camp. Throughoutthose trying four years he was held captive, Alexkept a secret diary. This book reproduces his diaryentries in a fascinating account of all aspects of lifein a wartime prison.He describes being part of the infamous 'LongMarch' during which he and his comrades werestrafed by Allied aircraft; 60 POWs were killedand 100 wounded. Alex escaped the march witha mate, passing through the front lines betweenthe British and German forces to commandeer aGerman mayor's car and drive back to Brussels totake the next aircraft to freedom.Alex's charm and optimistic outlook will buoy thereader throughout, and the camaraderie betweenhe and his captive comrades is always entertaining.This is an authentic World War II adventure -- frombeing shot out of the sky, to incarceration and theultimate triumph of escape and the end of the war.
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