Boys at War (Hardcover, 3rd Revised edition)

Russell Margerison writes of the dangerous but strangely unreal world of the air gunner, sitting high in the turret of a bomber over Europe, wrapped in several layers of clothes and awed by the destructive beauty of the scene below. His role was to keep a look out for enemy fighters and to take a shot at them if they gave him the chance. After many raids Margerison's plane was shot down. Weeks on the run with the Belgian underground were followed by many months of captivity in Germany. He describes the events of January 1945 when for eighteen days nearly 1500 prisoners were marched through blizzards to another camp, surviving on an inch of soup a day. A few months later, the prisoners' new camp was 'liberated' by the Russians and he made his way home across a devastated Europe. When Russell Margerison came home to Lancashire, he was still six months short of his twenty-first birthday. This edition includes a sequel telling of his return, fifty-nine years after he was shot down, to visit the Belgians who risked everything to help him.

General

Imprint:	Northway Publications
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2009
First published:	November 2009
Authors:	Russell Margerison
Dimensions:	218 x 142 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	220
Edition:	3rd Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-9557888-3-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Air forces & warfare Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-9557888-3-8
Barcode:	9780955788833

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