The Lost Airman, Seth Meyerowitz
The Lost Airman, Seth Meyerowitz
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The Lost Airman
A True Story of Escape from Nazi-Occupied France

Author: Seth Meyerowitz, Peter F. Stevens

Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross

Unabridged: 9 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/19/2016


Synopsis

The remarkable, untold story of World War II American Air Force turret-gunner Staff Sergeant Arthur Meyerowitz, who was shot down over Nazi-occupied France and evaded Gestapo pursuers for more than six months before escaping to freedom.

Bronx-born top turret-gunner Arthur Meyerowitz was one of only two crewmen who escaped death or immediate capture on the ground, when their plane was shot down near Cognac, France, in 1943.

After fleeing the wreck, Arthur knocked on the door of an isolated farmhouse, whose owners hastily took him in. Fortunately, his hosts had a tight connection to the French resistance group Morhange and its founder, Marcel Taillandier, who arranged for Arthur’s transfers among safe houses in southern France, shielding him from the Gestapo.

Based on recently declassified material, exclusive personal interviews, and extensive research into the French Resistance, The Lost Airman tells the tense and riveting story of Arthur’s hair-raising journey to freedom—a true story of endurance, perseverance, and escape during World War II.

Reviews

Pleasant enough, clearly written by an affectionate grandson who tries hard to breathe life into a narrative that relies on research rather than first-person reminiscences. The book suffers for it and for the author's attempts to make his grandfather larger than life when he was simply a gunner with......more