Coffin Corner Boys (eBook)

One Bomber, Ten Men, and Their Harrowing Escape from Nazi-Occupied France

Carole Engle Avriett (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
256 Seiten
Regnery History (Verlag)
978-1-62157-655-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Grippingfilled withdramatic escapes, moments of surprising humanity, and acts of bravery. Publishers Weekly A Story of Adventure, Survival, Loyalty, and BrotherhoodTaking off from England on March 16, 1944, young Lt. George Starks and the nine-man crew of his Flying Fortress were assigned to the ';coffin corner,' the most exposed position in the bomber formation headed for Germany. They never got there. Shot down over Nazi-occupied France, the airmen bailed out one by one, scattered across the countryside. Miraculously, all ten survived, but as they discarded their parachutes in the farmland of Champagne, their wartime odyssey was only beginning.Alone, with a broken foot and a 20mm shell fragment in his thigh, twenty-year-old Starks set out on an incredible 300-mile trek to Switzerland, making his way with the help of ordinary men and women who often put themselves in great danger on his behalf. Six weeks later, on the verge of giving up, Starks found himself in the hands of a heroic member of the French Resistancehe calls him ';the bravest man I've ever known'who got him safely across the heavily guarded border.Similar ordeals awaited the other nine crewmen, who faced injury, betrayal, cap-tivity, hunger, and depression. It was nothing short of miraculous that all ten came home at the end of the war.George Starks emerged from his ordeal with two passionsto stay in touch with his crew whatever the obstacles and to return to France to find and thank the brave souls to whom he owed his life. His enduring loyalty enabled him to do both.

Autor

Carole Engle Avriett is an accomplished writer and former editor for Southern Living. She is the author of Threads from Heaven and The House, and has co-authored several books including At Home with Southern Living. Carole and her husband serve as summer missionaries in Brazil and are active members of First Baptist Orlando.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.5.2018
• Co-Autor: George W. Starks
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: A Higher Calling • A WWII Story of Survival Behind Enemy Lines • B-17 • Behind Enemy Lines • Beyond the Call • Bomber • Boys in the Boat • Coffin Corner • Daniel James Brown • Forgotten 500 • Forgotten Fifteenth • George Starks • Last Fighter Pilot • Laura Hillenbrand • Lost Airman • Mighty 8th • Nazis • occupied france • Orlando • parachutes • resistance • shot down • Switzerland • Unbroken • World War 2 • World War II • WWII
• ISBN-10: 1-62157-655-8 / 1621576558
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62157-655-6 / 9781621576556