Part of the Cassell Military Paperback 'Read a Great Movie' promotion A best-seller, this is the biography of Britain's most famous airman and hero of World War Two Also famous as a film starring Kenneth Moore The success of BADER: THE MAN AND HIS MEN by Michael G Burns, also in the Cassell Military Paperback series
During the war Paul Brickhill was shot down over German territory and sent to a prisoner of war camp. After the war he wrote about the numerous escape attempts in which he was involved in THE GREAT ESCAPE.
A remarkable story about a remarkable English WW 2 RAF pilot who
refused to be put down or aside after a tragic accident left him
without legs. An inspirational and real figure, just a normal man
who refused to sit by
*ReadsObserver*
Brickhill, himself a fighter pilot and a POW, tells Bader's story
with authenticity. He writes in an empathetic, almost affectionate
manner, portraying his subject's personal qualities, both good and
bad, in the best possible light
*HistoryNet*
In 1941 [Bader] was shot down and captured by the Germans, who
treated him with great respect - even allowing the Brits to drop in
a new prosthetic leg. He became such a nuisance for the Germans,
who were becoming increasingly annoyed by the number of attempted
escapes he made
*DAILY MAIL*
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