From Coastal Command to Captivity: The Memoir of a Second World War Airman

by Allan Hunter

These war memoirs of Jim Hunter are in two parts. First there is the account of his flying career in RAF Coastal Command, culminating in an extraordinarily brave attack by him and his Beaufighter on the German battle cruiser Scharnhorst. Shot down, he became a POW and the second half tells of his experiences in Stalag Luft 3. A skilled artist he became a camp forger, providing documents for escapees such as Oliver Philpott, one of the Wooden Horse...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526796929
• ISBN13: 9781526796929
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Pen and Sword Aviation
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.1"