From Coastal Command to Captivity
The Memoir of a Second World War Airman
Nonfiction, History, Military, Aviation, World War II
| Author: | Allan Hunter | ISBN: | 9781844682225 |
| Publisher: | Pen and Sword | Publication: | February 13, 2003 |
| Imprint: | Pen and Sword | Language: | English |
| Author: | Allan Hunter |
| ISBN: | 9781844682225 |
| Publisher: | Pen and Sword |
| Publication: | February 13, 2003 |
| Imprint: | Pen and Sword |
| Language: | English |
Thanks to the perseverance and editorial effort of his son Allan, Jim Hunter's splendid war memoirs of flying and captivity can now be enjoyed by a wider audience. In the first part 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.All this and more make From Coastal Command to Captivity a superb read and a late, but great, addition to the bibliography of POW life during the Second World War.
Thanks to the perseverance and editorial effort of his son Allan, Jim Hunter's splendid war memoirs of flying and captivity can now be enjoyed by a wider audience. In the first part 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.All this and more make From Coastal Command to Captivity a superb read and a late, but great, addition to the bibliography of POW life during the Second World War.
