The Comet Connection: Escape from Hitler's Europe - Hardcover

Watt, George

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0813117208 ISBN 13: 9780813117201

Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky, 1990

Synopsis

American flyer Watt parachuted out of his burning bomber into Nazi-occupied Belgium. Assisted by selfless patriots who helped him elude the Gestapo, he began the treacherous journey to Spain, where his life was still in danger since he had fought against ruler General Franco in the Spanish Civil War six years earlier.

About this title

About the Author:

George Watt was a leader in the student movement of the 1930s, worked as a printer and a social worker, and retired as an administrator of a community mental health center.

From Library Journal:

This is one of those rare little narratives that engage the reader from the first page to the last. Shot down on a bombing mission over occupied Europe in November 1943 (on his 30th birthday), former gunner Watt parachuted out of a burning B-17 into Nazi-occupied Belgium. Belgian villagers hid him and put him in contact with the Comet Line, a branch of the resistance that guided downed airmen through a series of safe houses to southern France and then Spain. Watt was no stranger to Spain, having fought there in the Spanish Civil War as a member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. Watt includes details of the fate of the rest of his crew, an account of the brave members of the Comet Line, as well as the tragic fate of some villagers who helped him. This well-written book is more than a war story. It is about the human spirit and those willing to risk their lives for a stranger. Highly recommended for all libraries.
- George F. Scheck, Naval Underwater System Ctr. Lib., Newport, R . I .
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About this edition

• Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0813117208
• ISBN 13: 9780813117201
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 158