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Bailout Over Normandy: A Flyboy's Adventures with the French Resistance and Other Escapades in Occupied France

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Bailout Over Normandy: A Flyboy's Adventures with the French Resistance and Other Escapades in Occupied France

A daredevil pilot in the famed 352nd Fighter Squadron, the author of this remarkable memoir bailed out of his burning Mustang two days after D-Day and was launched on a thrilling adventure on the ground in Occupied France.

After months living and fighting with the French Resistance, Fahrenwald was captured by the Wehrmacht, interrogated as a spy, and interned in a POW camp--and made a daring escape just before his deportation to Germany. Nothing diminished this pilot's talent for spotting the ironic humor in even the most aggravating or dangerous situations--nor his penchant for extracting his own improvised and sometimes hilarious version of justice.

A suspenseful WWII page-turner and an outrageously witty tale of daring and friendship, this book brings to vivid life the daily bravery, mischief, and intrigues of fighter pilots, Resistance fighters, and other Allies in the air and on the ground. The Greatest Generation at its best!

The author recorded his swashbuckling adventures at age twenty-four, after his discharge and return to the States. He spent his life in the business world and never again put pen to paper; but his immediate reminiscence of his wartime experience reveals a rare literary talent.

Country	USA
Author	Ted Fahrenwald
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781480407404
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Casemate Publishers
Manufacturer	Casemate Publishers
NumberOfPages	287
PublicationDate	2013-05-07
Publisher	Casemate Publishers
ReleaseDate	2013-05-07
Studio	Casemate Publishers

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