A True Story of the Great Escape: A Young Australian POW in the Most Audacious Breakout of WWII by Louise Williams

A True Story of the Great Escape: A Young Australian POW in the Most Audacious Breakout of WWII by Louise Williams

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781743313893
Author: Louise Williams
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Place: Crows Nest NSW
Year: 2015
Format: Paperback
Pages: 296 pages
Period: 20th Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges.

The first book to tell the story of an Australian POW in the famous Great Escape from Stalag Luft III in World War II, this is a moving account of the far too short life of a talented young man, and a family hit hard by the Depression and war.

Shot down in 1942, young Australian fighter pilot John Williams DFC became a POW in Germany's notorious Stalag Luft III camp. John had joined the air force shortly before the outbreak of war and, in the larrikin tradition, led his squadron into air combat over the deserts of Libya and Egypt dressed in sandals and shorts.

John and his best mate Rusty Kierath were among the 76 POWs who tunnelled their way out of the supposedly escape-proof camp under the noses of their German guards in what later became the Hollywood blockbuster, The Great Escape.

Their families never learned what really happened once the pair made it out into the forest. John's niece Louise Williams has pieced together his life, from his upbringing in a tight-knit family hit hard by the Depression to his exploits in the air and the many missing details of the tragic escape.

It is a powerful and intimate story of one of the most dramatic episodes of World War II. (back cover)

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