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Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 208 pages. 6.14x1.18x9.21 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very tidy copy in a non-price clipped DJ.

"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Hard cover dust wrapper, 181pp, b&w plates. Light wear to dw/board edges; a near fine copy. Frank Dell's experience as a Second World War pilot with the Royal Air Force's Light Night Striking Force took a dramatic turn when his Mosquito was shot down over Germany on the night of 14/15 October 1944. Dell recounts his escape from the disintegrating aircraft, his descent by parachute, and how, battered and bruised, he found himself in a field adjacent to a German V2 rocket launch pad. Determined to avoid capture he crossed Nazi Germany and found refuge in Holland with a Dutch Resistance group. Dell's war took him from a Home Guard unit defending the English coast against enemy invasion in 1940, to a tragic incident leading to the execution of Dutch civilians only weeks before the end of hostilities. His observant eye gives insight into what it was like to train and fly operationally with RAF Bomber Command, followed by the even greater challenges he faced as he narrowly escaped capture while on the run from the Germans. Dell shares his unique story with honesty and candor, finding humor and camaraderie. He emerged from his traumatic experiences with heightened respect for the courageous Dutch families who risked death to shelter him and other Allied airmen. Scarce.…