03780nam 2200769 450 991045188780332120200520144314.00-8131-8838-50-8131-4798-00-8131-7099-0(CKB)1000000000460345(EBL)1915091(SSID)ssj0000245970(PQKBManifestationID)12040709(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000245970(PQKBWorkID)10180636(PQKB)11287088(MiAaPQ)EBC1915091(OCoLC)65183828(MdBmJHUP)muse43870(Au-PeEL)EBL1915091(CaPaEBR)ebr11011662(CaONFJC)MIL690848(OCoLC)900344462(EXLCZ)99100000000046034520150207h20092001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSilent heroes downed airmen and the French underground /Sherri Greene OttisPaperback edition.Lexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,2009.©20011 online resource (244 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-59566-6 0-8131-2186-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Science Fiction or Military Strategy: The Activities of MI9 and MIS-X; 2. It Was Raining Aviators: The Evaders; 3. My Brother's Keeper: The Helpers; 4. Adolph Should Stay: The Pat O'Leary Line, 1940-1941; 5. In the Wake of Betrayal: The Pat O'Leary Line, 1942-1943; 6. Riding the Tail of a Comet: The Comet Line, 1941-1944; 7. Out of the Ashes: The Shelburne Line, 1944; 8. We Will Never Forget: The Aftermath; 9. Conclusion; Epilogue: Fifty-Five Years Later; Appendix A: List of AbbreviationsAppendix B: Evaders Evacuated through the Burgundy/Shelburne ConnectionNotes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZIn the early years of World War II, it was an amazing feat for an Allied airman shot down over occupied Europe to make it back to England. By 1943, however, pilots and crewmembers, supplied with ""escape kits,"" knew they had a 50 percent chance of evading capture and returning home. An estimated 12,000 French civilians helped make this possible. More than 5,000 airmen, many of them American, successfully traveled along escape lines organized much like those of the U.S. Underground Railroad, using secret codes and stopping in safe houses. If caught, they risked internment in a POW camp. But thWorld War, 1939-1945Secret serviceGreat BritainWorld War, 1939-1945Underground movementsFranceWorld War, 1939-1945Aerial operations, BritishWorld War, 1939-1945Aerial operations, AmericanAir pilots, MilitaryEuropeFlight crewsEuropeEscapesFranceHistory20th centuryElectronic books.World War, 1939-1945Secret serviceWorld War, 1939-1945Underground movementsWorld War, 1939-1945Aerial operations, British.World War, 1939-1945Aerial operations, American.Air pilots, MilitaryFlight crewsEscapesHistory940.54/8641Ottis Sherri Greene1964-1052686MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451887803321Silent heroes2484121UNINA