Boldness be my friend
By: Richard Pape
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Magna
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Long Preston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780750529204
Subjects: Large type books; Prisoners of war escapes; Prisoners of war; Biography
Description: Aggressive, impetuous and resolute, Richard Pape was never going to sit out the war in a Nazi prison. Captured after going on the run when his bomber crashed in occupied Holland, Pape's thoughts turned at once to escape. In the most appalling of conditions, his ingenuity did not fail him. Not only did he send over a hundred coded messages to the War Office, but he swapped identities with a fellow prisoner and took on heavy mining work to put himself in a position to make a break-out. This proved to be only the beginning of his adventures ...
Notes: Adult.