02664cam a2200469 i 4500 366719955 TxAuBib 20181218120000.0 160126s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781592409723 paper 1592409725 paper (OCoLC)971062761 TxAuBib rda Meyerowitz, Seth,. The lost airman [TP] : a true story of escape from Nazi-occupied France / Seth Meyerowitz, with Peter F. Stevens. Caliber trade paperback edition. New York : Caliber, 2016. ©2016. xiv, 299 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier cri rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Originally published by Berkley Caliber in hardcover form in January 2016. Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-299). A needle in a haystack -- "Just a milk run" -- Purple Heart corner -- Hit the silk! -- "What's in his hand?" -- Marcel -- The shed in the woods -- War in the shadows -- "Crazy-mad" -- Aka Georges Lambert -- A long shot at best -- Playing the part -- A narrow escape -- Trouble in Beaumont-de-Lomagne -- Death in the Pink City -- The Gestapo at the door -- Hiding in plain sight -- Not a moment too soon -- The Maquis -- Meet Lieutenant Cleaver -- Unlikely friends -- "It's time" -- Misery in the mountains -- "One of the worst days in my life" -- Parting ways -- A perilous trek -- Stranded -- Good-bye, Georges Lambert -- Death to France -- "Welcome back to the war" -- "It is therefore SECRET" -- Rockaway Beach. Documents the story of a World War II American Air Force turret-gunner who was one of two escapees when his team's plane was shot down near Cognac in 1943, tracing his harrowing six-month flight to safety across the Pyrenees under constant pursuit by the Gestapo. 20181218. Meyerowitz, Arthur, 1918-1971. Taillandier, Marcel, 1911-1944. United States Army Air Forces Bombardment Squadron, 715th. World War, 1939-1945 Underground movements France. Airmen United States. Escapes France History 20th century. France History German occupation, 1940-1945. Stevens, Peter F., 1955-