Solitary : The Crash, Captivity and Comeback of an Ace Fighter Pilot

By: Giora Romm

In June 1967, Lt. Giora Romm shot down five MiGS in the Six Day War. This remarkable feat made Romm, at twenty-two years old, the Israel Air Force's first fighter ace. Just two years and a half years later, in another dogfight, Romm's Mirage jet was shot down over the Nile Delta. With one arm broken and the opposite leg shattered by violent ejection from the aircraft, Romm collected himself and prepared for the worst. If his captors discovered his ?hero of the Six Day War? identity, Romm would become the most prized propaganda tool in the Arab-Israeli conflict, bar none. How he maintained his sanity in solitary confinement, in a plaster cast that extended from his toes to his chest, while suffering beatings and daily interrogation, strains comprehension. Solitary is destined to become mandatory reading not just at military academies and synagogues, but in hospices, rehabilitation centers, and creative writing programs around the world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1936891212
• ISBN13: 9781936891214
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Black Irish Entertainment LLC
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"