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A must read for all war story enthusiasts. A great book, a real page turner , the author makes you feel as if your there, can't wait for his next title.

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Another great title from Pen and Sword. Its a book that follows a common theme about evasion, capture and eventually escape. Its very well written with moments of humour and despair, I have nothing but admiration for the author and highly reccomend this book.

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An excellent account of life in bomber command and being shot down and eventually captured. Truly moving experiences of life in captivity and the forced marches.

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Nice read. Well written and well worth a look.

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A must read for all ages. A riveting read and facts about the war, very, very interesting and educational, highly recommended. The details are astonishing and well remembered, unbelievable good.

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Already got into this book very good reading will be buying more of this kind of book well worth the money.

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I thought this was a very easy book to read. It gives a breif but tactful account of one airmans journey into the air force, through training and early operations, through to his capture and various attempts to escape. Fascinating, gripping and leaves me feeling in awe of what these brave men went through.

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Interesting story many facts about how p.o.w.we're captured and kept in captivity and tried to escape.well worth a read.
Excellent.

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Excellent book well written and a very moving true story of what life was really like as a flier in Bombers.

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Very interesting.

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As in all such books, the reader is spellbound by the determination of the writer under circumstances difficult for us to imagine now.

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Excellent classic survival. Well written account of the trials and tribulations of being a POW.anyone with an interest of world war two will enjoy this book

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Just finished reading this excellent and well written book. Easy and compulsive reading, with a wealth of detail without being overbearing or 'heavy'. Tony Johnson gives an unbiased account of his time as a POW in Germany - neither demonising or sanitising events, but just telling it 'as it was'.

A relatively unassuming account of what, in reality, was a very stoic and quite brave attempt of an extremely young (19-21) man, caught up in the horror of war, to adapt to a life of adversity in the various POW camps, attempting to stay alive and, if possible, make a successful escape.

As well as being an excellent account of his experiences - quite a feat of memory (though I expect that some of the events described would be etched into memory for life) - the background detail has obviously been extremely well researched, in supplying accurate information about squadron operations and loses, and details and locations about the POW camps in which he was incarcerated.

Though clearly not in reality a laughing matter - especially to those killed or injured - the story about someone dropping a cigarette into the sceptic tank at one of the camps cannot be other than highly amusing! The attendant explosion demolishing the latrine hut, much to the surprise and consternation of the incumbents, and covering the nearby POWs with something other than glory, is described with the type of black humour that probably helped POWs survive those difficult and trying times.

Having read several books relating to POW camps, escape and evasion, I can say that this one ranks with the best of them, in being an honest and interesting personal account, and can be recommended.

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Enthralling read. They send you off in a Wellington with little hope of finding the target, you do and then a shell puts an end to your return flight. They capture you, put you in a cage and eventually you manage to escape but end up in a war zone. Would you do that, well Tony did and survived to tell the tale. Read it you'll enjoy it.

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Excellent.This man has a marvellous memory recall. I was engrossed in the book. I. Have no criticism. I recommend it to anyone with a similar interest in the struggles these brave men encountered.

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Informative and chilling, well written. A real page turner. Unputdownable tale of capture, escape and freedom from an evil war machine. A must read.

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Excellent reading. Very good book, shows up how brutal the non commission ranks were treated. The Officers who were segregated fared better.

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This was a real glimpse of conditions in World War 2, and brought home the dreadful conditions of the Prisoner of War camps.
I felt humble that I will never have to endure conditions like this. It was good to see and feel events through the eyes of the airman.

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A very riveting story of the hardships that some POW's went through.

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Gripping stuff. Gives a real insight into the hardships of being a POW in world war two,well written account of what the germans were like in the war.

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Well written with detailed experiences by Tony Johnson. Full of useful facts about the RAF station and aircraft..A must read for all WW2 readers.

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A riveting read and facts about the war, very, very interesting and educational, highly recommended. The details are astonishing and well remembered, unbelievable good.

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A great story.of british p.o.w. .well written a thoroughly engoyable book.would reccomend it to all ,who like p.o.w. stories
brilliant.

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Its a book that follows a common theme about evasion, capture and eventually escape. Its very well written with moments of humour and despair, I have nothing but admiration for the author and highly reccomend this book.

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