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The cooler king : the true story of William Ash : spitfire pilot, POW and WWII's greatest escaper

Bishop, Patrick (Patrick Joseph)2015
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This title tells the story of William Ash, an American flier brought up in Depression-hit Texas, who after being shot down in his Spitfire over France in early 1942 spent the rest of the war defying the Nazis by striving to escape from every prisoner of war camp in which he was incarcerated.
Imprint:
London : Atlantic Books, 2015.
Collation:
xi, 305 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781782390220 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.547243092940.5472940.54724940.55940.547940.547243
LC class:
D805.D3
Local class:
940.547
Language:
English
Index terms:
World War 2World War Two
BRN:
488008
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