An edition of Over the wire (2011)
Over the wire
a Canadian pilot's memoir of war and survival as a POW
By Andrew Carswell
Publish Date
2011
Publisher
J. Wiley & Sons Canada
Language
eng
Pages
289
Description:
The story of Canadian volunteers who, against all odds, served and survived as pilots on nighttime missions over Germany and occupied Europe during the Second World War. It follows the story of Andrew Carswell on his journey as a prisoner of war in Germany-occupied Eastern Poland.
subjects: Prisoners of war, Canada, Military Air pilots, German Prisoners and prisons, Prisoner-of-war escapes, World War, 1939-1945, Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force, Canadian Personal narratives, Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf, Biography, History, Histoire, Biographies, Canada. Aviation royale, Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945, Prisonniers et prisons des Allemands, Récits personnels canadiens, Pilotes d'aéronef militaires, Évasions de prisonniers de guerre, Prisonniers de guerre, Canada, royal canadian air force, Air pilots, biography, World war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, canadian, World war, 1939-1945, prisoners and prisons, german, Canada, biography, Germany, biography
People: Andrew Carswell (1923-)
Times: 20th century