The jail busters
Subtitle: the secret story of MI6, the French Resistance and Operation Jericho, 1944
By: Robert Lyman
Publisher: WF Howes Ltd
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Rearsby, Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9781471275029
Subjects: Aerial Bombing; History; Escapes; Large type books; Operation Jericho; World War, 1939-1945; British Aerial operations; German Prisoners and prisons; Aerial Military operations; British
Description: In February 1944, the French Resistance in the Amiens area was in turmoil. Its strength had been decimated by German aggression and the work of a number of traitors in their midst, and hundreds of its members languished in the city's formidable jail, awaiting an almost certain death at the hands of their captors. When two Allied intelligence officers were incarcerated alongside them it became clear that immediate action was imperative. What followed was a precision air attack on the prison, of hitherto unrivalled daring, carried out by the RAF's elite 2nd Tactical Air Force. This text presents the true story behind one of the most audacious raids of World War II.
Notes: Originally published: London: Quercus.

Published by W.F. Howes under the Clipper imprint.

Includes bibliographical references and index.