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The Lost Airman : a true story of escape from Nazi-occupied France / Seth Meyerowitz ; with Peter F. Stevens.

Summary:

Documents the story of a World War II American Air Force turret-gunner who was one of two escapees when his team's plane was shot down near Cognac in 1943, tracing his harrowing six-month flight to safety across the Pyrenees under constant pursuit by the Gestapo.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781592409297
  • ISBN: 1592409296
  • ISBN: 1592409725
  • Physical Description: xiv, 299 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Berkley Caliber, 2016.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-279) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: A needle in a haystack -- "Just a milk run" -- Purple Heart corner -- Hit the silk! -- "What's in his hand?" -- Marcel -- The shed in the woods -- War in the shadows -- "Crazy-mad" -- AKA Georges Lambert -- A long shot at best -- Playing the part -- A narrow escape -- Trouble in Beaumont-de-Lomagne -- Death in the Pink City -- The Gestapo at the door -- Hiding in plain sight -- Not a moment too soon -- The Maquis -- Meet Lieutenant Cleaver -- Unlikely friends -- "It's time" -- Misery in the mountains -- "One of the worst days in my life" -- Parting ways -- A perilous trek -- Stranded -- Good-bye, Georges Lambert -- Death to France -- "Welcome back to the war" -- "It is therefore SECRET" -- Rockaway Beach -- Epilogue.
Subject:
Meyerowitz, Arthur, 1918-1971.
Taillandier, Marcel, 1911-1944.
United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Squadron, 715th > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > France > Biography.
Airmen > United States > Biography.
Escapes > France > History > 20th century.
France > History > German occupation, 1940-1945 > Biography.
Genre:
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 18 of 20 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 20 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Jacksonville Main Library 940.5449 MEY (Text) 36015000707782 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Angier Public Library 940.54 Mey (Text) 33632002736875 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Bogue Banks HISTORY WAR WW2 MEYER (Text) 34208203233555 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Braswell Memorial Main Library B MEYEROWITZ (Text) 540191011081208 Adult Biography Available -
Dorothy Wightman Library ANF 940.54 MEY (Text) 30372101465752 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Fletcher Branch 940.54 M (Text) 33258007946267 Adult Nonfiction Available -
G.V. Barbee, Sr. Library 940.5449 MEY (Text) 31420621442410 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Gibsonville Public Library 940.544973 Meyerowitz World History (Text) 30449050057416 Adult Nonfiction In transit -
Harold D. Cooley Library 940.54 Mey (Text) 20100000018233 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Leland Library 940.5449 MEY (Text) 31423621111431 Adult Nonfiction Available -

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Summary: Documents the story of a World War II American Air Force turret-gunner who was one of two escapees when his team's plane was shot down near Cognac in 1943, tracing his harrowing six-month flight to safety across the Pyrenees under constant pursuit by the Gestapo.