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    Footprints on the Sands of Time: RAF Bomber Command Prisoners-of-War in Germany 1939 - 1945
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    Footprints on the Sands of Time: RAF Bomber Command Prisoners-of-War in Germany 1939 - 1945

    By Oliver Clutton-Brock

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    This extensive book is divided into two parts. The first, which has eighteen chapters, deals with German POW camps as they were opened, in chronological order and to which the Bomber Command POWs were sent. Each chapter includes anecdotes and stories of the men in the camps - capture, escape, illness, and murder - and illustrates the awfulness of captivity even in German hands. Roughly one in every twenty captured airmen never returned home.

    The first part also covers subjects such as how the POWs were repatriated during the war; how they returned at war's end; the RAF traitors; the war crimes; and the vital importance of the Red Cross. The style is part reference, part gripping narrative, and the book will correct many historical inaccuracies, and includes previously unpublished photographs.

    The second part comprises an annotated list of ALL 10,995 RAF Bomber Command airmen who were taken prisoner, together with an extended introduction.

    The two parts together are the fruit of exhaustive research and provide an important contribution to our knowledge of the war and a unique reference work not only for the serious RAF historian but for the ex-POWs themselves and their families and anyone with an interest in the RAF in general and captivity in particular.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGrub Street Publishing
    Release dateAug 19, 2003
    ISBN9781909166301
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    Footprints on the Sands of Time: RAF Bomber Command Prisoners-of-War in Germany 1939 - 1945

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    • 5/5
      For those interested in the saga of the thousands of Bomber Command aircrew who spent time as a Prisoner of War, venture no further. Oliver Clutton-Brock's masterwork is the bible on the subject. He lists each individual airman, the date and aircraft he was flying when shot down, as well as the various POW camps in which he was held. The author clearly spent years reviewing the files at England's National Archives, because the depth of research is evident from the very first glance. And Mr. Clutton-Brock unearths some of the very best stories of resistance and escape.

      Make no mistake, this is a mighty work of reference, the best and most comprehensive I've ever seen on this topic. My copy remains marked up with tens of post-it notes!