LEADER 03746nam 2200757 450 001 9910777552103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8131-8838-5 010 $a0-8131-4798-0 010 $a0-8131-7099-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000460345 035 $a(EBL)1915091 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000245970 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12040709 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000245970 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10180636 035 $a(PQKB)11287088 035 $a(OCoLC)65183828 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse43870 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1915091 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11011662 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL690848 035 $a(OCoLC)900344462 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1915091 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000460345 100 $a20150207h20092001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSilent heroes $edowned airmen and the French underground /$fSherri Greene Ottis 205 $aPaperback edition. 210 1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cThe University Press of Kentucky,$d2009. 210 4$dİ2001 215 $a1 online resource (244 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-59566-6 311 $a0-8131-2186-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 Abbreviations 327 $aAppendix 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; Z 330 $aIn 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 th 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xSecret service$zGreat Britain 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xUnderground movements$zFrance 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, British 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, American 606 $aAir pilots, Military$zEurope 606 $aFlight crews$zEurope 606 $aEscapes$zFrance$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xSecret service 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xUnderground movements 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, British. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, American. 615 0$aAir pilots, Military 615 0$aFlight crews 615 0$aEscapes$xHistory 676 $a940.54/8641 700 $aOttis$b Sherri Greene$f1964-$01559298 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777552103321 996 $aSilent heroes$93824278 997 $aUNINA