Pilot On The Run: The Epic Escape From Occupied France Of Flight Sergeant L.S.M. (Chalky) White, Rnzaf (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First Edition Thus
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Signed with inscription
Condition remarks: Tanning and foxing to pages, some bumps and rough edges.
In the harrowing theatre of occupied wartime France, one New Zealand airman's extraordinary will to survive transformed a desperate situation into one of the most gripping escape stories of World War II. Pilot on the Run chronicles the true account of Flight Sergeant L.S.M. (Chalky) White of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, who, shot down over enemy-held territory, was forced to evade capture and navigate a landscape teeming with Nazi soldiers and collaborators — relying on courage, wit, and the dangerous kindness of strangers to find his way to freedom. As told by Errol Brathwaite, a New Zealand author renowned for his ability to reconstruct wartime drama with cinematic intensity and unflinching authenticity, the narrative transforms White's ordeal into a taut, propulsive account that honours both the individual and the broader human cost of conflict. Brathwaite presents the underground networks, the moral complexities of occupation, and the psychology of survival with a vivid immediacy that places the reader squarely in the muddy fields and shadowed backstreets of Vichy France. For those drawn to the remarkable true stories that war produces against all odds, White's journey is one that refuses to be forgotten.
Author: Errol Brathwaite
Format: Paperback
Published: 1986, Hutchinson of New Zealand
Genre: WW2
Edition: First Edition Thus
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Signed with inscription
Condition remarks: Tanning and foxing to pages, some bumps and rough edges.
In the harrowing theatre of occupied wartime France, one New Zealand airman's extraordinary will to survive transformed a desperate situation into one of the most gripping escape stories of World War II. Pilot on the Run chronicles the true account of Flight Sergeant L.S.M. (Chalky) White of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, who, shot down over enemy-held territory, was forced to evade capture and navigate a landscape teeming with Nazi soldiers and collaborators — relying on courage, wit, and the dangerous kindness of strangers to find his way to freedom. As told by Errol Brathwaite, a New Zealand author renowned for his ability to reconstruct wartime drama with cinematic intensity and unflinching authenticity, the narrative transforms White's ordeal into a taut, propulsive account that honours both the individual and the broader human cost of conflict. Brathwaite presents the underground networks, the moral complexities of occupation, and the psychology of survival with a vivid immediacy that places the reader squarely in the muddy fields and shadowed backstreets of Vichy France. For those drawn to the remarkable true stories that war produces against all odds, White's journey is one that refuses to be forgotten.