An outstanding story of the aerial war and a daring escape from
captivity
For the uninitiated this book's original title, 'My Escape from
Donnington Hall, ' gave few clues as to the astonishing and unique
nature of its contents. Its author was a young German, Gunther
Pluschow. As an airman in German service at the outbreak of the
First World War he was, unusually, serving in China flying a
Rumpler-Taube aircraft from the East Asia naval station at Tsingtau
that became besieged by joint Japanese and British forces.
Pluschow's attempt to fly to safety, as it became obvious the
position would fall, ended in a crash in rice paddies. He set out
to walk back to Germany and the many adventures that followed would
alone would qualify his story as a remarkable one. However, he was
eventually captured and became a prisoner of war. Stories of
wartime escape abound, but those who have been incarcerated in
England have always been confounded by the difficulties of quitting
an island.' In Pluschow's case this was exacerbated since in the
east he had acquired a distinctive dragon tattoo; yet Pluschow he
succeeded and is the only prisoner of war to escape from Britain
and make the 'home run.' His remarkable narrative of his wartime
adventures makes absolutely essential reading and is certainly
beyond compare.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
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