Hell's Angels Bombardier: Escape and Evasion from Occupied France.

It is rare to find true personal accounts of escape and evasion during World War II from German-occupied territory. Hell's Angels Bombardier is the memoir of Lt. Walter Hargrove, who served as bombardier on the famous B-17 bomber, Hell's Angels, in the 303rd Bombardment Group based at Molesworth, England. Now that classified escape and evasion reports have been released, it is possible to tell the story as it happened. More than this, recent research has identified names of French resistance workers in the escape networks, and has also revealed the personnel in British special operations who rescued downed aviators from the coast of Brittany. This book provides a personal perspective that is lacking in the dry, military accounts of movements of men and war materiel, and it adds previously unpublished documents and narratives that greatly enhance the hair-raising sense of adventure.