{"product_id":"shot-down-and-on-the-run-9781472827227","title":"Shot Down and on the Run","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst hand accounts of adventure and bravery from RAF pilots shot down and forced to flee enemy forces.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThousands of airmen shot down over enemy soil between 1940 and 1945 miraculously escaped capture. This compelling narrative reveals their stories, based on first-hand interviews, photographs and official documents, featuring heroes from Britain, Canada, Australia and other Commonwealth countries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese men knew extreme adversity: hunger, thirst, injury, isolation and the constant fear of capture. They also knew great kindness from the local people who risked everything to help them. Their journeys to safety  often across savage terrain  tested human endurance and ingenuity to the very limit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ea book of quality … informs, entertains and uplifts the spirits * Royal Air Force Historical Society *\u003cbr\u003esome remarkable stories … a fitting memorial * Air Chief Marshal Sir Lewis Hodges *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48867213607255,"sku":"9781472827227","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shot-down-and-on-the-run-9781472827227","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}