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The escape artists : a band of daredevil pilots and the greatest prison breakout of WWI

Bascomb, Neal2019
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Summer, 1918: 29 officers crawled into a 16 inch high, 55 metre tunnel dug only with spoons. This was the culmination of 9 months gruelling toil in oxygen-starved darkness. Of the 29 escapees, just 10 would make their way back to Britain.
Imprint:
London : John Murray, 2019.
Collation:
xxv, 315 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2018.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781473686816 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.4'7243597940.47243597
Language:
English
BRN:
2789417
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