Escape from Hitler's Europe: An American Airman Behind Enemy Lines

"A hell of an adventure story."-Ring Lardner Jr. "A story of what is best in human beings triumphing over what is worst."-John Sayles November 1943: American flyer George Watt parachutes out of his burning warplane and lands in rural Nazi-occupied Belgium. Escape from Hitler's Europe is the incredible story of his getaway-how brave villagers spirited him to Brussels to connect with the Comet Line, a rescue arm of the Belgian resistance. This was a gravely dangerous mission, especially for a Jewi

Author: George Watt
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 05/18/2007
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.43h x 5.52w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9780813191768

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 06/01/2007 pg. 171

About the Author

George Watt (1913--1994) was a student leader in the 1930s and later a political activist, printer, social worker, and administrator of a community mental health center.

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