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Escape - or Die: Authentic Stories of the RAF Escaping Society

1 review
Paul Brickhill, Sir Basil Embry

Pan Macmillan, 1977

From the Back Cover
Authentic stories of the R.A.F. escaping society. A magnificent record of daring, courage and endurance. The true stories of eight daring escapes from captivity by men of the RAF, each an epic, a feat that fires the imagination. Squadron Leader McCormac's horrifying and amazing escape from Malaya to Australia by way of Java. The air gunner who was helped by a Stettin prostitute. The escape ...

Reach for the Sky: The Story of Douglas Bader, Legless Ace of the Battle of Britain (Bluejacket Books)

28 reviews
Paul Brickhill

US Naval Institute Press, 2001

Reach For The Sky
I read this book when I was 9 yrs. old and now that I read it again I think that this is one of those books that I will keep and read over and over. This is a riveting story that makes you feel like you are there experiencing the events yourself.

The Dam Busters (Pan Grand Strategy)

7 reviews
Paul Brickhill

Pan Books, 1999

True-life high adventure. TARGET: From Rhur dams to Hitler!
I first read this story as a freshman in high school and couldn't put it down! I have re-read the book several times since then. The adventures of 617 Squadron have all of the elements of an Indiana Jones movie; from the most inovative, fantastic, and bizarre ideas (five-ton bouncing bombs to ten-ton, earthquake producing "Tall Boy" bombs) to shear, white-knuckle, edge-of-your-seat danger ...

The Great Escape

53 reviews
Paul Brickhill

W. W. Norton & Company, 2004

Outstanding.
It's a shame the publisher decided to put a picture on the cover of Steve McQueen wrapped up in the barbed wire at the end of his big motorcycle escape attempt. Because, you see, that never happened in the TRUE story of the Great Escape contained in this book. The movie (while good) took serious dramatic license, while Brickhill's book presents the facts. And they are quite inspiring and ...

Reach for the Sky

1 review
Brickhill Paul

Ballentine, 1967

Twice a hero
Douglas Bader joined the peacetime Royal Air Force in 1927 and quickly became one of its top athletes and aerobatic pilots. Fate, however, dealt him out when he lost both his legs in a crash in 1931. Thus began Bader's personal battle to overcome his handicap -- hours spent learning to walk, to drive, and to fly -- and to ignore those who refused to believe that his disability could not be ...

REACH FOR THE SKY: THE STORY OF DOUGLAS BADER.
Paul. Brickhill

Collins, 1954

Reach for the sky;: The story of Douglas Bader

2 reviews
Paul Brickhill

Collins, 1955

A great lesson of rugged determination and grit to persevere
The story of Douglas Bader's fight to excel in the face of overwhelming odds is a most inspirational and uplifting experience. It should have also been made into a movie as were two other stories of theis author-"The Dam Busters," and "The Great Escape." Edward Cox