Shot Down and On the Run: The RCAF and Commonwealth Aircrews Who Got Home from Behind Enemy Lines, 1940-1945 Paperback – October 1, 2003

Truly enjoyed the individual stories and the description of the set up of the various networks across all theatres of conflict. Very informative.

Graham Pitchfork is a well known authority when it comes to aviation history. In this book he combines the interesting history of the British MI 9 and later the US MIS X escape and evasion organisations and how, from their innovative conception, through their evolution until the end of the Second World War strove to provide the planning, tools and eventually the escape lines that eventually brought thousands of Allied airmen and troops back to UK to fight again of share their knowledge with other airmen. The book goes on to describe numerous escapes by various ground troops and airmen. These accounts vary from the mundane "walk in the park' escapes to the anusing to the bizarre... An extremely informative and entertaining book which I would highly recommend.

Good quality book

I am researching my late father's wartime escape in the Far East and the book was most helpful. It shows how brutal the occupying forces were in an effort to stop the escapees and those that helped them

Fascinating stories of shot down airmen trying to get home.