The Resource Evader, Derek Shuff, (electronic resource)
Evader, Derek Shuff, (electronic resource)
Resource Information
The item Evader, Derek Shuff, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Lane Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Evader, Derek Shuff, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Lane Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- In 1941 air gunner Sergeant Jack Newton's Wellington is hit by flak on his first bombing raid over Germany. Miraculously, the skipper makes an emergency landing on a German-occupied Belgian airfield, narrowly avoiding Antwerp Cathedral.Having torched the plane, the crew give the unsuspecting Germans the slip and are hidden by the Resistance. Hoping to make it to the coast and back across the Channel, the airmen are surprised when the 23-year-old female leader of the Comete Escape Line, Andree de Jongh - codenamed Dedee - has other plans for them.Full of terrifying and humorous moments, this is the story of the epic journey of the first British airman to escape occupied Europe during the Second World War. Derek Shuff has been a journalist for more than 45 years. He became a freelane show business writer in 1971 for national and international newspapers and magazines. He now concentrates on his work as an author from his home in East Sussex
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (216 pages)
- Isbn
- 9780750951494
- Label
- Evader
- Title
- Evader
- Statement of responsibility
- Derek Shuff
- Subject
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- Belgium -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945
- Electronic books
- Escapes -- Belgium -- History -- 20th century
- Escapes -- France -- History -- 20th century
- France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945
- Air pilots, Military -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Newton, Jack Lamport
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Belgium
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France
- Freading Electronic Book
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 1941 air gunner Sergeant Jack Newton's Wellington is hit by flak on his first bombing raid over Germany. Miraculously, the skipper makes an emergency landing on a German-occupied Belgian airfield, narrowly avoiding Antwerp Cathedral.Having torched the plane, the crew give the unsuspecting Germans the slip and are hidden by the Resistance. Hoping to make it to the coast and back across the Channel, the airmen are surprised when the 23-year-old female leader of the Comete Escape Line, Andree de Jongh - codenamed Dedee - has other plans for them.Full of terrifying and humorous moments, this is the story of the epic journey of the first British airman to escape occupied Europe during the Second World War. Derek Shuff has been a journalist for more than 45 years. He became a freelane show business writer in 1971 for national and international newspapers and magazines. He now concentrates on his work as an author from his home in East Sussex
- Cataloging source
- CtWfDGI
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Shuff, Derek
- Dewey number
-
- 940.53/493/092
- B
- 940.53/493/092
- B
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- D802.B4
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Newton, Jack Lamport
- Escapes
- Escapes
- Air pilots, Military
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Belgium
- France
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Evader, Derek Shuff, (electronic resource)
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Control code
- frd00010343
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (216 pages)
- File format
- one file format
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access limited to subscribing institutions
- Isbn
- 9780750951494
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780750951494
- (Sirsi) b1461963
- System details
- System requirements: Adobe Digital editions
- Label
- Evader, Derek Shuff, (electronic resource)
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Control code
- frd00010343
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (216 pages)
- File format
- one file format
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access limited to subscribing institutions
- Isbn
- 9780750951494
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780750951494
- (Sirsi) b1461963
- System details
- System requirements: Adobe Digital editions
Subject
- Belgium -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945
- Electronic books
- Escapes -- Belgium -- History -- 20th century
- Escapes -- France -- History -- 20th century
- France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945
- Air pilots, Military -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Newton, Jack Lamport
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Belgium
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France
- Freading Electronic Book
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