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We Flew, We Fell, We Lived: Stories from RCAF Prisoners of War and Evaders, 1939-1945.

Publication: Air Power History
Publication Date: 22-JUN-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: We Flew, We Fell, We Lived: Stories from RCAF Prisoners of War and Evaders, 1939-1945.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
We Flew, We Fell, We Lived: Stories from RCAF Prisoners of War and Evaders, 1939-1945. By Philip Lagrandeur. St. Catherines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. 2006. Maps. Tables. Illustrations. Photographs. Appendices. Bibliography. Pp. 396. $24.95 Paperback ISBN: 1-55125-10-8

Philip Lagrandeur, a Canadian high-school teacher of military history and social studies, wrote this book as a tribute to former Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) prisoners of war (POWs, known as Krieges) and evaders in World War II Germany. Serendipity kindled his interest. In 1998, he learned he had an Australian relative who was a pilot shot down over Germany in late 1941. Shortly afterwards, he read a newspaper article on the Great Escape (the famous 1944 breakout...

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