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Shot down /
by Kerr, Alex.
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BookPublisher: Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Aviation, 2016Description: 208 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781473878020 (hbk.) :; 1473878020 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 940.5472 KERSubject(s): Kerr, Alex, 1921- -- Diaries | Prisoners of war -- Germany -- Diaries | World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Australian | Warfare and Defence | Warfare and DefenceSummary: Alex Kerr's Wellington, a twin-engine bomber, was shot down over Germany in 1941. At first hospitalised with hopes of repatriation, he unexpectedly found himself a prisoner in a German PoW camp. Throughout those trying four years he was held captive, Alex kept a secret diary. This book reproduces his diary entries in a fascinating account of all aspects of life in a wartime prison.
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Crosby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 940.5472 KER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002935146X |
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| 940.5472 GUS The 21 escapes of Lt Alastair Cram : a compelling story of courage and endurance in the Second World War / | 940.5472 HIL Unbroken: an extraordinary true story of courage and survival | 940.5472 JAC Churchill's unexpected guests: prisoners of war in Britain in World War II | 940.5472 KER Shot down / | 940.5472 LAN Those who trespass against us: | 940.5472 LOM The railway man | 940.5472 MAC Colditz : prisoners of the castle / |
Alex Kerr's Wellington, a twin-engine bomber, was shot down over Germany in 1941. At first hospitalised with hopes of repatriation, he unexpectedly found himself a prisoner in a German PoW camp. Throughout those trying four years he was held captive, Alex kept a secret diary. This book reproduces his diary entries in a fascinating account of all aspects of life in a wartime prison.
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