Last man standing : Geoffrey Rothwell, survivor of 71 missions, POW and the last of the SOE pilots
McDonald, Gabrielle2018
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Tall young pilot Geoffrey Rothwell flew Wellingtons and Short Stirlings in WWII; and anyone who knows anything about that task will understand the significance of the fact that he completed more than 60 bombing missions. But the story doesn't end there: as a Flight Commander on No. 138 (Special Duties) Squadron Geoff dropped agents and supplies into enemy-occupied Europe. On his 71st mission he crashed in Holland and became a guest of the Third Reich in the freezing Stalag Luft 1 on the Baltic coast. He starved, but survived until the moment a drunken Russian officer on a white horse arrived to invite the prisoners to a night of revelry in the local village. As a member of Bomber Command, Geoffrey was one of the last of the many; as an SOE pilot he was the last of a very few. This is his amazing story. Sadly, Squadron Leader Geoffrey Rothwell passed away in December 2017, before this book went to print.
Main title:
Last man standing : Geoffrey Rothwell, survivor of 71 missions, POW and the last of the SOE pilots / Gabrielle McDonald-Rothwell.
Author:
McDonald, Gabrielle, author
Edition:
Fully revised and extended new edition.
Imprint:
Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley Publishing, 2018.
Collation:
255 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes QR code.Previous edition: published as The man with nine lives. Lewes: Book Guild, 2005.Includes index.
ISBN:
9781445681313 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
940.544941ROTB ROT
Language:
English
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BRN:
1859204